DNV GL has signed an agreement with leading Taiwanese stakeholders to collaborate on offshore wind testing and certification to drive the expansion and facilitate the development of offshore wind in Taiwan.
As informed, the regulations for certification will be headed by the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspection since it has been designated by the highest authority in Taiwan.
The aim of the initiative with Taiwan’s emerging offshore wind industry is to facilitate the knowledge transfer and technical cooperation, enabling future offshore wind leaders to build on the experience from mature markets.
The participating stakeholders who signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) are CR Classification Society, Electronics Testing Center Taiwan, Metal Industries Research & Development Centre, Taiwan Electronic Research and Testing Center, and Taiwan Institute of Economic Research.
“Local knowledge from our MoU partners combined with the broad experience in offshore wind from DNV GL, will help the industry to accelerate the country’s offshore wind targets and make offshore wind in Taiwan a reality soon”, says Kim Mørk, Executive Vice President Renewables Certification at DNV GL.
Taiwan is one of the rising offshore wind markets in the world. With its long-term visibility in terms of policy, financial support and development, Taiwan is Asia’s second biggest offshore wind market after China.
DNV GL’s Energy Transition Outlook forecasts that Asia will become the leading global offshore market, taking over from Europe, with 33% of global capacity to be installed in China alone by 2050.
To support local and foreign companies realizing projects on site, DNV GL has recently established a local certification team in Taipei, headed by Per Haahr, Regional Manager Asia Pacific for Renewables Certification at DNV GL.
