wpd Pushes Energy Transisiton in Taiwan with Offshore Projects

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On Monday, April 30th the Taiwanese Ministry of Economy announced the award of 1 GW of grid connection capacity for the implementation of the offshore wind projects Yunlin and Guanyin to wpd.

With the award of these projects developed by wpd during the last years, the company is meeting an important milestone of its strategy to expand its leading role for the energy transition of Taiwan. After more than 10 years presence and together with partners, wpd reached a market share of about 50 percent in the onshore business. wpd will also stand in the frontline of the first offshore projects to be implemented. The Yunlin project, which will be built eight kilometer off the coast of Yunlin County, will be the first project and will be commissioned in 2020/2021 with about... ... More: Official Press Release wpd

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