Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs has finally announced the 2019 Feed-in Tariff (FiT) for offshore wind projects revealing new numbers which, though not what the industry would have preferred, is nevertheless not as bad as was originally feared.
In a blow to the immediate future of offshore wind in Taiwan, Danish power company Ørsted has suspended development of its local projects following delays imposed by the Taiwanese Government’s failure to issue a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) under 2018’s Feed-in Tariff (FiT) rate.
Google has signed a PPA with solar energy companies in Taiwan to supply its local data center with 10 megawatts of zero emissions electricity. This is Google’s first renewable energy venture in Asia.
Taiwan’s Bureau of Energy had not issued an establishment permit in time for the 900 megawatt (MW) Changhua 1 and 2a projects, which had been awarded to the company by Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs in April of 2018, meaning that Ørsted was unable to sign a 2018 Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with Taiwanese utility Taipower.
Taiwanese electric scooter startup Gogoro has a sharp design, smart engineering, and massive capital behind it. Now, it’s taking its über-clever, battery swapping electric scooters to the big time by partnering with DHL and Taiwan Post to supply the two shipping giants with Gogoro 2 utility scooters.
Offshore wind energy giant MHI Vestas announced on Tuesday that it had signed a contract for the manufacture of wind turbine towers in Taiwan with CS Wind/Chin Fong as the company continues to build up its footprint in the next global offshore wind energy hub.
Global offshore wind leader Ørsted has named Spanish wind turbine manufacturer Siemens Gamesa as its preferred supplier for its 900 megawatt (MW) Greater Changhua offshore wind projects off the coast of Taiwan, which are expected to begin construction in 2021.
Spanish wind energy giant Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy has this week announced its first local supply agreements for offshore wind projects in Taiwan, heralding the next key step in the evolution and growth of what is expected to be the world’s next big offshore wind energy hub.
New energy developer wpd cleaned house in Taiwan’s offshore wind tenders last year, locking in 990 megawatts (MW) of new contracts that it is now hard at work to implement by 2025. CleanTechnica sat down with wpd’s YD Chang at the 2018 Energy Taiwan show in Tapiei last week, who shared the excitement of the new rush into Taiwan for wpd and other companies as part of the broader rush to install grid-scale renewables across Taiwan.
CleanTechnica spoke with Taiwan’s Environmental Protection Administration at the Taiwan Circular Economy show. EPA expert Shan-lun Lee shared a new recycling program with us that the agency has developed in conjunction with the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) that enables discarded liquid crystal display (LCD) panels to be broken down and recycled into fresh new raw materials.
