Taiwan opens doors to investments in offshore wind power

Offshore wind's potential output exceeds 10 million kilowatts.

Nikkei Asian Review reported that the Taiwan Strait will likely generate an annual 3 million kilowatts to 5 million kilowatts from wind power, Premier Lin Chuan said Monday, implying an upgrade to the previously targeted 3 million kilowatts in 2025, thanks to investment applications from foreign companies.

President Tsai Ing-wen's administration aims to shrink nuclear's share of the electricity supply from 14% in 2015 to zero by 2025. To support the phaseout, the government plans to quintuple renewable energy's share from 2015 levels to 20%.

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