MOU for Offshore Wind Development in Taiwan
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Global Maritime, a provider of offshore marine warranty, dynamic positioning and engineering services, has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with a number of Taiwanese organizations to develop closer cooperation on offshore wind technologies including marine warranty surveys, inspections and testing services.
The signatories to the MOU with Global Maritime included Taiwan’s CR Classification Society (CR); the Metal Industries Research and Development Centre (MIRDC); the Taiwan Institute of Economic Research (TIER); the Taiwan Electric Research & Testing Center (TERTEC); and the Electronics Testing Center, Taiwan. Dr Liou, Ming-Jong, Director General of the Bureau of Standard, Metrology and Inspection (MOEA) witnessed the MOU.
Taiwan is starting on a process of replacing nuclear power generation with offshore wind, with a stated aim of having 3GW of renewable energy by 2025. In May 2017, Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs issued a first ever-commercial operating license for an offshore wind farm in the country.
Global Maritime said the partnership with will help accelerate the process, with its team of master mariners, chief engineers, naval architects and structural engineers providing a combination of high-level regulatory knowledge, operational and technical experience.
“Global Maritime is already well known in many parts of the world for its active involvement in renewable energy, particularly offshore wind marine warranty services,” said Egil Kvannli, Global Maritime CEO.
“This MOU paves the way for greater involvement in Taiwan with our cooperation to include warranty, testing and approvals and demonstrating our long-term commitment to the region. We look forward to helping make Taiwan’s offshore wind goals a reality.”
Global Maritime provides design, engineering, and marine warranty expertise to support offshore renewable operations whilst reducing risk and environmental impact. Recent projects include marine warranty services for the Block Island Wind Farm, America’s first offshore wind farm; a recent site specific survey for an offshore wind farm in the Belgian North Sea; and the provision of mooring solutions for the European Union’s OPERA wave energy project.
The launch event also included presentations from Neil Walker, Managing Director of Global Maritime Europe; Steven Foong, Business Development Manager of Global Maritime Consultancy Pte, Singapore; and Ekkehard Stade, Country Manager of Global Maritime Germany. Also in attendance were Anna Keen, Regional Manager for Global Maritime APAC; Peter Lyall, Chief Operating Office of Eagle Lyon Pope; James Adcock, Technical Lead of Global Maritime Consultancy & Engineering; and some other members of the Global Maritime London office team.
