The total installed capacity of the UK’s offshore wind farms has reached 7.6 gigawatts (GW) — the world’s largest — which Britain aims to increase to 30GW by 2030, British Representative to Taiwan Catherine Nettleton said, delivering her speech in Mandarin. The British government last week unveiled an offshore wind sector deal, vowing to devote more resources to promoting technical innovation, talent cultivation and intellectual property management along with industries, she said. While the British government does not plan to build an offshore wind farm in Taiwan, it aims to bring to Taiwan key British players in the industry’s supply chain, British Office Taipei infrastructure head Lynn Li (李安鈴) said. The construction of Taiwan’s first exclusive wharf for offshore wind farm work at the Port of Taichung has been completed, while that of four other wharves at the port would be finished next year, TIPC Port of Taichung president Chung Ying-feng (鍾英鳳) said. The government plans to increase the contribution from renewable energy sources from 4.9 percent in 2017 to 20 percent by 2025, including 5.5GW generated by offshore wind farm projects.

Source: Taipei Times March 13, 2019 15:56 UTC