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State-owned
Taiwanese power company Taipower has announced that it has signed a 20-year
lease to three sites at Taichung Harbour which will be developed for the
pre-assembly and construction of offshore wind farms.
The company stated that it has invested more than NT $3bn (EUR 85m) in
leasing three sites which includes 12.8ha (0.12km
2) of space.
The space will be used for unloading and storing components and accessories
of offshore turbines, carrying out assembly activities as well as and loading
them on to construction vessels.
Taipower stated that the space is enough for assembling 30-40 offshore
wind turbines a year and the company plans to assemble 360 turbines for
its own use. Excess space will be offered for use by other investors in
offshore wind farm projects on a rental basis. In addition to construction,
the space affords capacity for maintaining and repairing 30-60 wind turbines
a year.
Taiwan plans to reach 520MW of offshore wind by 2020, 3GW by 2025 and 4GW
by 2030. Currently its only operating offshore wind farm is the
Formosa
Phase 1 offshore wind farm which
is located off the coast of Miaoli and consists of two
SWT4.0-120
turbines which were installed in
October 2016.