Danish wind turbine maker Vestas A/S yesterday said it has invested NT$9 billion (US$324.64 million) in its local supply chain to supply components for its 9.5 megawatt (MW) V174 turbine.
The project has helped created 1,500 jobs, including 150 jobs by Vestas itself, Vestas country manager Alex Robertson said.
The turbine is to be used in four offshore wind farm projects for a total of 123 wind turbine generators, or 1.2 gigawatts (GW) of total capacity, he said.
“This is localization like I’ve never seen before,” Robertson told a media briefing in Taipei.
Vestas highlighted 10 Taiwanese supply chain partners that are
Phase 3 of wind farm plan to add 5GW for total of 15
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter
In the third phase of Taiwan’s offshore wind farm development plan, capacity is to be increased by 5 gigawatts (GW) from 2026 to 2035 to a total of 15GW, the Bureau of Energy (BOE) announced yesterday.
“It is up to the developers to compete for the best locations,” bureau Director Yu Chen-wei (游振偉) said as he presented draft regulations in Taipei.
“We leave it up to them to decide what technologies to deploy,” Yu added.
Bureau of Energy officials present draft regulations for the third phase of Taiwan’s offshore wind farm development plan at a meeting in Taipei yesterday.