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ZURICH, SWITZERLAND - Hitachi ABB Power Grids’s WindSTAR transformers will be delivered to the wind turbine manufacturer MHI Vestas Offshore Wind for major renewable projects in Taiwan.
The transformers will be used in the country’s fast-growing offshore wind electricity generation sector, which expects 5.5 GW of new offshore wind power by 2025, the manufacturer said in a press release.
Taiwan currently has 14 offshore wind projects under construction, in development or in planning. One of the first, which will be utilizing the WindSTAR transformers, is the 589 MW Changfang and Xidao project, which is developed and owned by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners.
The windfarm will be in the Taiwan Strait – around 6 miles off the coast of the Fangyuan Township in Changhua County, Central Taiwan.
Source: Hitachi ABB Power Grids