The government is encouraging the establishment of offshore wind farms, which are seen as a future trend in wind power development, the Council for Economic Planning and Development (CEPD) said yesterday.
Compared with the construction of turbines on land, where there is limited space suitable for wind farms, Taiwan’s surrounding waters are an ideal environment for wind power generation because of the steady wind flow and the rare occurrence of turbulence, a statement issued by the CEPD said.
Under a project launched by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in September 2007, applications will be accepted until Aug. 30 for the establishment of offshore wind farms, with total installed capacity of up to 300 megawatts allowed, the council said.
A one-stop counter has been set up under the ministry to speed up the screening of the applications as they could involve a wide range of issues such as fishing rights, national defense and environmental impact assessments.
Statistics from the Bureau of Energy show that there are 196 operational wind turbines with total installed capacity of 372MW around Taiwan. Another 132 wind turbines with total installed capacity of 284MW are under construction.
According to last year’s World Wind Energy Report released by the World Wind Energy Association, worldwide installed wind power capacity reached 159.213 gigawatts last year, up 31.7 percent from the previous year.
All wind turbines installed as of the end of last year are generating 340 terawatt-hours of electricity per annum, equaling 2 percent of global electricity consumption, the report said.
The association has predicted that global capacity will increase to 1,900 GW this year.
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