Floating offshore systems key: experts
WIND POWER: RWE Renewables Taiwan business development head Chong Yu-foong said that while the demand is in the northwest, waters there are more than 50m deep
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter, in KAOHSIUNG
Floating systems for offshore wind farms in deeper waters are key to fulfilling Taiwan’s wind energy goals and the government should commit to a plan supporting the new technology, developers and industry insiders said at the Wind Energy Asia forum in Kaohsiung on Thursday.
Floating systems were first developed for the oil and gas industries, and there are many pilot projects for floating offshore wind farm systems around the world, including in Japan and the UK.