Phase 3 of wind farm plan to add 5GW for total of 15By Angelica Oung / Staff reporterIn 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. 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. “Having been through the first two rounds of offshore wind farm development, we trust that our local suppliers have amassed a significant amount of experience,” Yu said. “We have seen credible plans to manufacturer offshore wind substations, so they have been added to the mandatory list,” Lin added. Developers said that they were eager to pin down the “rules,” because the application process for phase three projects opens in June next year and the environmental impact assessment for an offshore wind farm project takes at least one year.

Source: Taipei Times May 11, 2021 15:56 UTC