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Analysis on the development trend of international

floating offshore wind technology industrialization

Ray-Yeng Yang Chung-Chun Hsu Yun-Lu Ma Chun-To Tso
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1 Associate Professor, Department of Hydraulic and Ocean Engineering, National Cheng Kung University
2 Associate Research Fellow, Research Division I, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
3 Assistant Research Fellow, Research Division I, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research
4 Research Fellow, Research Division I, Taiwan Institute of Economic Research

ABSTRACT

Offshore wind power has become an essential option for the development of
the novel renewable energy since the onshore wind market has reached its
saturation point. In the past, the development of offshore wind power is mainly
located in Europe, and the fixed-bottom offshore wind industry has developed a
mature business model. However, due to the limitation of the weight of the base
structure, the conventional fixed offshore wind lacks economic benefits and can
only be developed in the offshore area. Many regions with high wind speed and
stable wind direction are located in the sea area further away from the shore.
Therefore, many countries have begun to bring in floating platform technology into
offshore wind power development, so as to make more effective use of offshore
wind energy resources and create higher economic efficiency. This study collected
the development policy measures, industrial technology development status and
趨勢分 析 國際浮動 業化發展 式離岸 風電技 術產 the development bottleneck of floating offshore wind power internationally. As for
the development trend of the commercial operation techniques, this paper puts
forward the planning and implementation status of major international
demonstration plans, and analyzes the latest development trends such as its
technical advantages and disadvantages and commercialization schedule, so as to
accelerate the promotion of Taiwan’s floating offshore wind power by drawing on
international experience.

Keywords: Floating offshore wind power, floating offshore wind industrial policy,

floating offshore wind commercial operation .

* Corresponding author, E mail: ryyang@mail.ncku.edu.tw

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