Volledige marktstudie is gratis te downloaden mits login op onze website http://www.flandersinvestmentandtrade.be In deze studie, geschreven door Flanders Investment & TradeTaipei, leest u alles over de sector van de offshore windenergie in Taiwan. Met een geschatte potentiële capaciteit van 6 tot 10 gigawatt groeit deze sector enorm in belang, wat de Taiwanese overheid er ook toe aanzette een project te lanceren met als doel tegen 2025 reeds 3 gigawatt stroom op te wekken uit offshore windturbines. De lokale industrie wordt ook actief aangemoedigd samenwerkingen op te zetten met buitenlandse bedrijven, wat uiteraard ook opportuniteiten met zich meedraagt voor Vlaamse spelers.

1. THE OFFSHORE
WIND ENERGY SECTOR
IN TAIWAN

3. The Offshore Wind Power Industry in Taiwan
Flanders Investment & Trade
Taipei Office
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5. 1.
CONTENTS
2.
INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................... 7
3.
CURRENT ONSHORE WIND POWER IN TAIWAN ............................................... 8
4.
CURRENT OFFSHORE WIND POWER DEVELOPMENT IN TAIWAN ....................... 10
A.
OFFSHORE WIND POTENTIAL ................................................................... 10
B.
TAIWAN’S TARGETS & EFFORTS FOR DEVELOPING WIND ENERGY ................. 11
C.
LOCALIZATION OF SUPPLY CHAIN TO MEET LOCAL ENVIRONMENT NEEDS ...... 16
5.
MAJOR PLAYERS IN TAIWAN ....................................................................... 17
A.
B.
MAJOR WIND FARM DEVELOPERS ............................................................. 18
C.
6.
GOVERNMENT AGENCIES ......................................................................... 17
MAJOR R&D INSTITUTES, INDUSTRIAL ASSOCIATIONS AND COMPANIES ........ 19
INTERACTION BETWEEN BELGIUM AND TAIWAN ............................................ 23
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7. 2. INTRODUCTION
Taiwan is an island that highly relies on imported energy (97~99%) to sustain the power
supply of the country. Nuclear power was one of the solutions to be pursued to resolve the
high dependency of the country to fossil-fired power but the government has been facing
the public opinion to adjust the energy policy after the Fukushima incident. Since the
public’s confidence towards nuclear power has been shattered, renewable energy has now
become the new hope of the country towards the new low-carbon and less-importdependency energy portfolio for next decades.
Among the renewables, wind and solar energy are considered to be the first-tier resources
to be utilized on the island. Especially offshore wind is regarded as one of the most
attractive renewables to be developed since the potential capacity is estimated to be at
least 6-10GW in the Taiwan Strait and it has many successful examples in Europe. Thus the
Taiwanese government has set the target of 3 GW for wind power by 2025. The attractive
potential of offshore wind has given Taiwan a good opportunity to increase the portion of
renewable energy in power supply and also to develop the local supply chain by growing it
along with on-going offshore wind farm developments.
Chart 1: Taiwan Targets 10GW (15%) Renewable Energy by 2025, of which 3 GW contributed by
Wind Energy
2012
Capacity (MW)
%
2025
Capacity (MW)
%
Hydropower
2,040.7
5.04
2,502
3.72
Wind Power
563.8
1.39
3,000
4.46
Photovoltaic
111.9
0.28
2,500
3.72
Biomass
798.5
1.97
1,400
2.08
Geothermal
--
--
150
0.22
Fuel Cell
--
--
200
0.30
Marine Energy
--
--
200
0.30
Total
3,515
8.68
9,952
14.8
Year
RE Renewables
Source: Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taiwan
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