In order to strengthen the collaboration between Taiwan and Japan for the development of certification techniques to assist the development of offshore wind turbine industry, the Metal Industries Research & Development Center (MIRDC) and the Nippon Kaiji Kyokai (Class NK) conducted the collaboration MOU ink ceremony at NTUH International Convention Center on October 21, 2015. The ceremony was jointly signed by President Ming-Chi Tsai of MIRDC, and Chairman Noboru Ueda of Class NK, with Director Liou Ming-Jong of Bureau of Standards, Metrology & Inspection (BSMI) as the witness. Representatives from the industry, government, academia and research fields were also invited to attend the ceremony, opening up a new milestone for the technical collaboration between Taiwan and Japan in the development of offshore wind turbine certification.
BSMI indicated that promoting renewable energy source development has been a vital energy policy in Taiwan during the recent years. Due to the rich wind power resources around Taiwan, the "Thousand Wind Turbines" industry policy initiated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) in 2012 actively promotes the installation of land-based and offshore wind turbines, thereby accelerating the domestic development of offshore wind turbines. The related supply chain is estimated to create a domestic output value of close to NTD500 billion (US$16.6 billion). In order to demonstrate the determination in promoting renewable energies and accelerate the development of renewable energies, the Executive Yuan had approved on July 27, 2015, to expand the installation goal for renewable energies, the off-shore wind power target increase to 4,000 MW.
In order to promote the development of domestic offshore wind turbine industry, MOEA actively plans the offshore wind turbine standard testing and certification project, with BSMI in charge of organizing the offshore wind turbine testing platform. MIRDC, Taiwan Electronics Testing Center (ETC) and Taiwan Electric Research & Testing Center (TERTEC) are also invited to jointly conduct the offshore wind turbine testing venue and the relevant component certification techniques, assisting proprietors to attain international testing reports and certifications, thereby leading the domestic wind turbine industry development through accelerated synchronization with the international via the collaborative exchange and sharing certification techniques.
BSMI stressed that Japan actively develops stationary and floating offshore wind turbine techniques through promoting the national-scale projects, with Class NK responsible for developing the certification techniques. As Taiwan and Japan both facing multiple typhoons and earthquakes, and MIRDC has already signed the collaboration MOU on small & medium wind turbine standard testing venues with Class NK in 2013, which has successfully achieved the collaboration for certification, and helped domestic small & medium wind turbine companies to attain the qualification for Japanese feed-in tariff (FIT). As both parties are already equipped with the collaborative experience for certification techniques, it is hoped that through this renewable energy industry collaboration MOU together with the joint development of offshore wind turbine certification techniques, the offshore wind turbine companies of both parties may be benefited in expanding the markets in the Asia-Pacific Region.
Agency in charge: Inspection Techniques Division (The 6th Division)
Contact person: Section Chief Chen Chen-Hsiung
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