January
* Maritime Technology Innovation Centre in Kaohsiung opened, aiming to be the cradle of Asia Marine Technology talents and link the research momentum with the business to incubate underwater technology for Taiwan’s offshore wind industry.
* CWind Taiwan cooperates with E&Y Electronics, a Taiwanese power cable service provider specialized in cable testing and termination, to develop its cable maintenance services in the Taiwanese offshore wind market.
February
* Boskalis cooperates with MENCK to operate underwater construction in Chang-Fang and Xi-Dao wind farm
* Pier 36 of Taichung port for the offshore wind industry is completed and opened
* Mammoet cooperates with TIPC and opens a new Taiwan office in Taichung to support offshore wind farm constructions
* Northland Power Development announced entry into Taiwan offshore industry
* Cwind Taiwan supports Van Oord to operate submarine prospecting and cabling of Orsted Greater Changhua Windfarm
March
* Taiwan Offshore Wind Industry Association, TOWIA founded, aiming to promote the sustainable development of Taiwan’s offshore wind power industry and create a better platform to make suggestions to the government, communicate better with the public, and spread the knowledge of green energy and the positive impact of offshore wind Power
* Wind Energy Asia Exhibition was the first to integrate physical booths and online virtual booths, with visitors from more than 52 countries and more than 8,000 visitors online and offline. 49 seminars were held with 2,037 attendees.
* 2021 EU-Taiwan Wind Power Seminar, EU urges Taiwan to comply with WTO rules on wind power development
* Wpd sends the first batch of locally manufactured TPs to Yunlin wind farm, Taiwan
April
* TECO signed a cooperation framework agreement with several domestic offshore wind power developers and internationally renowned manufacturers of permanent magnet wind turbines
* The Ministry of Transportation and Communications announced the release of the “Changhua Wind Farm Channel”; and its navigation guidelines
* TOTAL enters a 640 MW OFFSHORE WIND project under construction in Taiwan
May
* CDWE & CSBC sign exclusivity capacity agreement, reserving the opportunity to supply pin piles for 300MW Hai Long 2A project
* SEMI Wind Energy Industry Committee founded, aiming to integrate industry suggestions and demands to provide a reference for government units to formulate and promote wind energy-related policies and promote the full industrialization of the local supply chain
* Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs announced the Draft Rules for the Selection of Businesses for Offshore Wind Power Block Development for 2026~2035
* CIP Chang-Fang and Xi-Dao wind farm project breaks ground on a turbine assembly facility
June
* Zhongneng final agreement with Vestas to supply turbines for its 300 MW offshore wind farm
* CIP Chang-Fang and Xi-Dao wind farm begins underwater driven piles installation