Siemens Gamesa Signs MoU In Taiwan For Offshore Wind Development
Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has this week signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Taiwan International Ports Corporation to investigate the possibility of developing an offshore wind manufacturing and deployment site.
Announced on Wednesday, Siemens Gamesa signed the MoU with the Taiwan International Ports Corporation which will lead to a “collaborative investigation” into the development of potential manufacturing sites for offshore wind components, office facilities, and staging areas including storage, pre-assembly, and quayside load-out.
“Signing the MoU demonstrates our strong desire to contribute to the development of offshore wind in Taiwan. We fully believe in the potential of this emerging market, and wish to support it with our vast knowledge as an industry leader,” explained Andreas Nauen, CEO Offshore, Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy.
Siemens Gamesa also recently opened a new office in Taipei, the capital of Taiwan, intended to give the company greater reach and response in the Asia Pacific region, and will act as an offshore wind regional hub alongside regional offices in Japan and Korea.
“The offshore wind industry in Taiwan is today looking at over 10 GW of projects under planning according to official information,” added Nauen. “During 2017, strong supportive signs were shown by the Taiwanese government, with detailed grid capacity planning, and an increase of the long term ambitions. Similarly, significant milestones have been completed in the rest of the region. Japan is developing the first utility-scale projects, and Korea has now commissioned their first commercial-sized offshore wind power plant. We look forward to helping ensure that the right infrastructure is in place, as well as maintaining efforts towards further cost reductions.”
If we take recent developments as representative of a larger trend, it appears that Taiwan is quickly becoming a new breeding ground for offshore wind development in the Asia Pacific region.
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