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1 April 2004 - GE Energy has been selected as the turbine supplier for the first large-scale wind power project in Taiwan, the company announced at Global Windpower 2004 in Chicago.
The 39 MW project is part of a ten-year plan by Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) to promote wind energy, in accordance with the government's goal to increase the use of renewable energy and reduce carbon emissions. GE will provide 26 of its 1.5 MW wind turbines through Chung-Hsin Electric & Machinery Manufacturing Corporation of Taiwan, the turnkey contractor for the project.
The machines will be installed at three locations: three turbines at the Third Nuclear Power Station on the southern end of the island, three turbines at the Tah-Tarn Power Station and the remaining 20 turbines along the Tao-Yuan Kuan-Yin coastline. The latter two sites are on the northwestern coast, about 100 km south of the capital city of Taipei.
Once completed, the project is expected to generate about 100 000 MWh annually for an estimated 21 000 households. Electricity from the turbines will be delivered through underground transmission lines to existing substations in nearby power plants before it is sent to Taiwan's power grid.
Over the next ten years, Taipower plans to erect 200 wind turbines along the island's western corridor. Groundbreaking for this first installment of 26 turbines is scheduled to begin in 2004, with project completion expected by the spring of 2005.
The Taipower installation marks the fourth Asian project announced by GE Energy in recent months. The company is also supplying 1.5 MW wind turbines for the Rokkasho-mura and Hibikinada wind projects, both in Japan; and the Huitengxile Wind Power Plant Plant of Inner Mongolia, People's Republic of China.
GE's 1.5 MW machines are among the most widely sold and tested wind turbines in their size category, with more than 2200 units installed worldwide.
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