Saturday, August 20, 2011

Driving the pink dolphins to extinction with green wind energy

And yet another threat to the survival of the critically endangered Taiwan pink dolphins. SHIH Yen-hsiang, Minister of Economic Affairs, wants 1000 wind turbines off Taiwan's coast by 2030. And where does he plan to start? Miaoli! Yes, Miaoli. Well within the confirmed range of Taiwan's critically endangered pink dolphins. It's going to be interesting to see exactly how green the likes of Swancor and others wind power industry are. Will they be principled enough to say the location of these projects within pink dolphin habitat is wrong? Or will they just go for the money and damn the consequences?

See an English translation of an article that appeared in United Daily News:
Swancor Aims at One Billion NT$ Wind Power Business Opportunity
Economic Daily News
Reporter Zhou Yi Long
Taipei
2011.07.21 03:57 am

SHIH Yen-hsiang, Minister of Economic Affairs, pledged yesterday to actively develop offshore wind power and called for more than 1,000 wind turbines along Taiwan’s coast by 2030, with two trial development cases to be announced next month. Swancor Wind Blade Materials, expressed their confidence to win the bid and have planned to set up the first off-shore wind farms in Miaoli as early as 2012.

To produce 100-200 turbines for the subsequent large-scale business operation, Swancor pointed out that they will introduce investment partners and be in charge of operation

Swancor said that last year the company had been already cooperating with wind power companies Taiwan Generations Corp and Red Blades Windtek Corporation to build Taiwan’s first off-shore wind farm in Changhua county. Due to controversy over the endangered White Dolphin as well as other controversies, Swancor decided to change site, opt out of the partnership, and established subsidiary company, Cross-Straits New Energy Company ( provisional translation :海峽新能源公司,) for the promotion of wind power business. Swancor selected the area off of the Miaoli coast as the new development site due to the lack of environmental protection and fisheries issues, , and expressed their strong interest to cooperate with Ministry of Economic Affairs in promoting the development project..

SHIH Yen-hsiang, Minister of Economic Affairs, recently released sections of the new energy policy. In the presence of the favorable offshore environment and the need to accelerate renewable energy development, the government will actively pursue offshore wind energy development. This includes more than 1,000 wind turbines by 2030, total capacity of 4,200 MW equivalent to three nuclear power plants, cumulative industrial value of 500 billion NT dollars[17 billions USD], or 3.3% of total electricity supply.

Ministry of Economic Affairs claimed that two trial development cases will be launched next month with at least one billion NT dollars (34 millions USD) subsidy in place for two businesses to set up an off-shore wind mill demonstration by 2015, Taiwan's first offshore wind turbine. Following installments will be employed in Changhua, Yunlin, Chiayi offshore with an annual growth rate of 240MW

Ministry of Economic Affairs pointed out that domestic supply chain of wind turbine industry are well developed; companies such as TECO Electric and Machinery Co, Formosa Heavy Industries Corporation, Taiwan Advanced Composite Center, China Steel Machinery Corporation, and Swancor, are all well-equipped to for system assembly and manufacture of key components

上緯 瞄準10億風電商機
【經濟日報╱記者周義朗/台北報導】
2011.07.21 03:57 am

經濟部長施顏祥周宣示要積極開發離岸風力發電,目標是2030年前新增逾1,000架風機,下月就將公告試辦兩案。風力發電葉片樹脂廠上緯(4733)昨(20)日表示,有信心奪標,計劃在苗栗籌設首座離岸風電場,首座風電機最快2012年就可完工。

上緯指出,後續大規模商轉所需的100部至200部風機,將引進其他合作夥伴投資,並負責經營。

上緯表示,去年原與永傳、紅葉風電等公司合作,於彰化籌建台灣首座離岸風電場,但由於彰化的白海豚保育問題等爭議,公司決議改變地點並改為自行開發,並成立子公司海峽新能源公司推動離岸風電業務,新地點選在沒有環保與漁業議題爭議的苗栗外海,將全力配合經濟部推展離岸風電的計畫。

經濟部長施顏祥日前公布部分新版能源政策,台灣海上風電場佳,為加速再生能源發展,政府將積極開發離岸風力機,目標2030年前新增逾1,000架風機,台灣總容量將達4,200MW(百萬瓦),發電量相當於三座核電廠,預估將創造5,000億元產值,並期望風能供電量可占總供電量的3.3%。

經濟部表示,將於下月公告試辦兩案,年底前先祭出至少10億元賞金,鼓勵兩家業者在西海岸設立離岸風力示範發電場,於2015年完工後,台灣外海將出現首座海上風力機,後續將在彰化、雲林、嘉義外海海域,以每年新增240MW的速度開發。

經濟部指出,國內已有完善的風力機產業供應鏈,包含東元電機、台朔重工、先進複材、中鋼機械、上緯等公司,都具備系統組裝及關鍵零組件製造的能量。

【2011/07/21 經濟日報】@ http://udn.com/

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