Van Oord Wins Taiwanese Offshore Wind Contract
farms with a total capacity of 5,500 MW by 2025, in a push to phase out nuclear energy.The Yunlin project is the first wind contract for Van Oord outside Europe. The company has worked on dredging and other offshore projects in Taiwan, where it created 250 hectares (617.8 acres) of new land in the port of Kaohsiung last year.($1 = 0.8631 euros)(Reporting by Bart Meijer; Editing by Mark Potter
Taiwan Greets German Gas Hydrates Research Ship
The research ship 'Sonne' has arrived in Kaohsiung to help Taiwan scientists explore for gas hydrates off the country's SW coast. The research ship docked at the Port of Kaohsiung, where local experts led by National Taiwan University oceanography professor Saulwood Lin and researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Marine Sciences in Germany shared ideas on the potential energy source, reports Focus Taiwan. Interest in this new energy source comes at a time when Taiwan is debating its energy future, especially amid mounting demands for the abolition of nuclear power, which currently provides
February 2025
