The production capacity investigation triggered rumors that Taipower's second phase of localization was delayed, but Taipower and Century Steel denied it.

(Photo by reporter Lin Jinghua)

[Reporter Lin Jinghua/Taipei Report] The construction of offshore wind farms is in full swing. The second phase of Taipower’s 300MW wind farm is expected to be connected to the grid in 2024. Fuwei Energy won the bid to undertake the contract. Century Steel is responsible for the entire underwater foundation. However, the market rumors Insufficient production capacity needs to be replaced by imports, which has caused doubts about localization delays. Both Taipower and Century Steel denied this.

Offshore wind power is an important energy promotion direction for the country. Taipower also allocated part of the development capacity in the second phase of wind farm selection, but did not sign a contract with the supply chain for a single project. The company is in charge of it, among which the underwater foundation including the jacket truss (Jacket) and the foundation pile (PP) are jointly purchased by Century Steel and Century Wind Power, and the order amount is as high as 12.39 billion yuan.

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The Taipower Phase II wind farm started construction in November last year, but the Taiwan Wind Power Industry Association forwarded Fuwei Energy’s letter to its member manufacturers in February this year to investigate the demand for sleeve truss components, delivery schedule, etc., the market It is rumored that Century Steel's production capacity cannot be afforded and may have to be imported from abroad, which has caused doubts about skipping tickets for localization.

Century Steel responded that the relevant projects have been contracted to third-party manufacturers, but some parts of the upper half of the sleeve truss do have domestic production capacity, and the delivery time is difficult to meet. It is an indisputable fact that some parts need to be imported from abroad. If the entire seat cover In terms of the proportion of tube trusses, imports accounted for less than 10%. Century Steel even emphasized that the 31 underwater foundations of Taipower Phase II will be assembled in Taipei Port, which absolutely meets the requirements of localization.

Century Steel also said that sending letters to investigate is a normal process, and it is impossible to just listen to the manufacturer's claim that there is no production capacity to import. The government will definitely ask all members to be asked, and the investigation "happens every year."

Xu Zaohua, vice president of Taipower, also said that localization is a government policy, and Century Steel has cooperative factories, but the Fuwei Letter Consulting Association can grasp the production capacity of domestic suppliers, and also hopes to investigate whether there are related domestic suppliers that can participate.

The underwater foundation of Taipower Phase II is currently manufactured by Century Steel, and the sleeve truss is processed. It will then complete the entire assembly of the underwater foundation. The installation is expected to be completed by the end of September 2024.

Xu Zaohua also said that after the underwater foundation started manufacturing in September last year, Taipower has regularly tracked the implementation progress of Fuwei Century Steel, grasped the energy of potential domestic suppliers, and continued to implement the government's industry-related policies.

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