German wind energy developer wpd has selected Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy as its preferred wind turbine supplier for its 640 megawatt (MW) Yunlin offshore wind power project in Taiwan, following its successful entry in the country’s recent offshore wind tender.
As Taiwan emerges as the next power base for the offshore wind industry, we look at what makes the country so appealing and what the future really looks like.
A trio of announcements from the northeast United States has set the country’s nascent offshore wind industry ablaze, with Massachusetts, Rhode Island, and New Jersey combining to make announcements that will support the development of at least 5 gigawatts (GW) worth of offshore wind energy over the next decade.
New plans have been unveiled to lease the seabed around Scotland for a “new generation of offshore wind projects” that proponents of the technology hope will not only provide further and solid energy independence for the country but would also create incredible new jobs and investment.
One of the world’s leading offshore wind energy companies, MHI Vestas, has signed its fifth Memorandum of Understanding in Taiwan, solidifying its readiness for the first round of Taiwan offshore wind projects, and confirmed it’s 9 megawatt (MW) wind turbines will be typhoon-ready by 2020.
Leading independent renewable energy developer Mainstream Renewable Power has this week sold the 450 megawatt (MW) Neart na Gaoithe offshore wind farm, located off the east coast of Scotland, to French electric utility EDF Group.
Danish wind energy giant Ørsted has been awarded the right to connect 900 megawatts (MW) of offshore wind capacity to Taiwan’s power grid from the company’s Changhua offshore sites in a move which will deliver the first large-scale commercial offshore wind projects in the Changhua region.
Danish wind energy giant Ørsted has confirmed its final investment decision for the second phase of Taiwan’s Formosa 1 offshore wind farm which will add 120 megawatts (MW) to the existing 8 MW demonstration capacity of the country’s first offshore wind project.
MHI Vestas announced this week that it will provide its 9.5 megawatt (MW) wind turbines to the 224 MW Northwester 2 offshore wind farm set to be developed in Belgian waters, making it the first time the record-setting 9.5 MW wind turbine will be installed and operational anywhere in the world.
GE Renewable Energy and the UK’s Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult announced have signed a five-year research and development agreement which will see GE’s mammoth 12 megawatt (MW) Haliade-X wind turbine head to UK shores for the first time for extensive testing.
