Taiwan cancels two offshore wind projects

Taiwan’s government has cancelled the development rights for two offshore wind projects from the most recent Phase 3.2 auction.

All five developers that were awarded capacity in the offshore wind round submitted their contracts to the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs earlier this month. The five tender winners were originally announced in August 2024, with a total of 2.7GW in offshore wind capacity.

They include Synera Renewable Energy’s 800MW Formosa 6, Shinfox’s 700MW Youde, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners’ 600MW Fengmiao 2, Corio and TotalEnergies’ 360MW Formosa 3, and Enervest’s 240MW Deshuai projects.

At the time, the Taiwanese authorities stated that the developers who fail to meet requirements will have their wind farm qualification and capacity revoked. The site space and capacity will be included in future tenders.

The two eliminated projects were Enervest’s Deshuai and Formosa 3, developed by Corio and TotalEnergies. The two projects amount to 600MW of capacity.

The country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs stated that all five operators submitted their documents and completed the contract signing within the deadline. However, the two operators failed to pass the review.

This follows the revocation of the 300MW Haixia 1 from the Phase 3.1 tender, which was cancelled last month. In total, Taiwan revoked 900MW of offshore wind capacity across two separate tenders.

Authorities have not yet decided if the 900MW of revoked capacity would be incorporated into the upcoming Phase 3.3 tender.