Hitachi Ltd. and a Belgium company have signed a contract with Taiwan's state-owned power utility to build offshore wind turbines on the island's west coast as part of the government's ambitious plan to replace nuclear power with renewable energy.
While the Jan De Nul Group will be responsible for the design and installation of the wind turbines and cables off- and onshore in Chunghua County, Hitachi will be in charge of manufacturing, assembly, operation and maintenance of the 21 offshore wind turbines each with a generation capacity of 5.2 megawatts (MW).
Speaking at the signing ceremony Monday, Hitachi President Toshiaki Higashihara said it is the company's first wind energy project overseas and the first time his company with work with Taiwan Power Co., or Taipower.