The British Office Taipei, together with the British Chamber of Commerce in Taipei (BCCTaipei) are hosting the UK Pavilion at Energy Taiwan 2024, showcasing the UK's role in offshore wind and renewable energy. As Taiwan becomes the UK's largest offshore wind market in the Asia-Pacific, the pavilion will highlight UK companies' expertise and contributions, emphasising the strong economic ties between the UK and Taiwan.
The pavilion features solutions from 13 UK companies, including wind farm planning, consultancy, O&M services, and advanced technologies.
UK Renewable Industry
Building on its strengths in decarbonisation and clean growth technology, the UK is at the forefront of offshore wind deployment in Europe and is the second-largest offshore wind market globally. As of 2024, the UK has an ambitious pipeline of nearly 100 GW of offshore wind projects. With 15GW capacity already installed, the UK has some of the world's largest operational wind farms. UK has the ambition to deploy up to 50 gigawatts (GW) by 2030, with up to 5GW coming from floating offshore wind. The UK is making significant strides in accelerating deployment and expanding supply chain capabilities, ensuring that the industry remains resilient and competitive.
UK Offshore Wind in Taiwan
The UK's partnership with Taiwan on renewable energy, particularly offshore wind, is a shining example of international cooperation. For nearly two decades, the UK has shared its expertise in energy policy, industrial development, and R&D with Taiwan. The British Chamber of Commerce Taipei's UK Renewables Committee plays an active role in enhancing the local talent pool and facilitating business cooperation, which is crucial for the development of Taiwan's offshore wind industry. Taiwan is the UK's largest offshore wind market in the Asia-Pacific region, with over 40 UK companies establishing a presence here, many using Taiwan as a hub for the broader region. This collaboration continues to grow, with recent conferences highlighting advances in floating wind technology and emerging renewable energy solutions, ensuring both the UK and Taiwan are on track to meet their ambitious net-zero targets.
UK companies exhibiting at Energy Taiwan 2024
Thirteen UK companies will be exhibiting at the UK Pavilion to demonstrate the UK's supply chain expertise in renewable energy infrastructure, offshore wind farm planning and construction, engineering consulting, O&M services, green energy industry recruitment, cable protection systems, ocean surface measurement, satellite telecommunication networks, inspection services, and temporary power and temperature solutions fPreviewor offshore wind farms.
Join us in a warm welcome to explore the UK Pavilion at Energy Taiwan 2024. Click Here to pre-register for the exhibition.
Agenda
Agenda
Day 1
October 4, 2024
Day 2
October 5, 2024
11:30 - 12:00
UK Pavilion Grand Opening
UK Pavilion Grand Opening
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John Dennis
Representative at British Office Taipei
14:00 - 14:10
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 1 | Tackling Marine Growth during Installation and O&M Phases of Offshore Windfarms.
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 1 | Tackling Marine Growth during Installation and O&M Phases of Offshore Windfarms.
Ashtead Technology's showcase of various innovations to aid contractors in high performance cost effective solutions in the Subsea Construction & Installation phase, as well as Subsea Operational and Maintenance phase.
14:20 - 14:30
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 2 | Geotechnical Risk Management of Offshore Windfarm Projects
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 2 | Geotechnical Risk Management of Offshore Windfarm Projects
Geotechnics play a vital role at all stages of offshore windfarm development; conceptual design to detailed design and installation. This talk presents the key stages in an offshore windfarm project where geotechnical input is critical and provides insight into how lack of correct geotechnical input can lead to ground risks later in a project. If ground risks are allowed to pass on in project stages, its impact and consequences on project cost and programme can be very high at later stages. Thus...
Geotechnics play a vital role at all stages of offshore windfarm development; conceptual design to detailed design and installation. This talk presents the key stages in an offshore windfarm project where geotechnical input is critical and provides insight into how lack of correct geotechnical input can lead to ground risks later in a project. If ground risks are allowed to pass on in project stages, its impact and consequences on project cost and programme can be very high at later stages. Thus, ground risks should be identified as soon as possible and mitigated early on through site investigation, ground modelling and design. The talk provides insight into soil classification and its impact in design, geohazards, integrated ground models, pile designs and seabed intervention methods for cable burial and installation. Most common pitfalls that are directly or indirectly link to geotechnics that lead to project cost and program delay are discussed and recommendations provided. Unmanaged ground risks can have escalated impact on project cost and programme. Geotechnical risk management is paramount for successful offshore wind projects.
Overview of Correll and their core offerings. Snapshot of projects executed in Taiwan Recent project overview: Zhong Neng; timeline, scope of works, key milestones, lessons learned etc.
15:00 - 15:10
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 4 | Floating Wind Installation - Challenge and Experiences
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 4 | Floating Wind Installation - Challenge and Experiences
Developing Site Specific Floating Wind T&I strategies. There is no single floating wind installation strategy that is suitable for ever location. The floating platform, WTG size and mooring design play key roles along with metocean conditions. Which Metocean parameters and local weather phenomenon like typhoons will play a primary role in influencing the installation strategy? The talk will give an insight into some of the Taiwan specific considerations for developing a robust and insurable tran...
Developing Site Specific Floating Wind T&I strategies. There is no single floating wind installation strategy that is suitable for ever location. The floating platform, WTG size and mooring design play key roles along with metocean conditions. Which Metocean parameters and local weather phenomenon like typhoons will play a primary role in influencing the installation strategy? The talk will give an insight into some of the Taiwan specific considerations for developing a robust and insurable transport and installation strategy. The foundation for the presentation is based on the combination of the understanding developed during the installation of Kincardine Floating Offshore Wind Farm and Flotation Energy’s inhouse operational simulation tools.
FOW is becoming a fast-maturing technology with the potential of cementing Taiwan’s leadership in offshore wind in APAC. Globally, the industry has made a significant step forward with many demonstration and pre-commercial deployments in the past 5 years. All of which have large, deep territorial waters, significant wind resources offshore, high population and industrial activity near the coastline. These conditions make Taiwan very suitable for the development of FOW. Early this year, the Ener...
FOW is becoming a fast-maturing technology with the potential of cementing Taiwan’s leadership in offshore wind in APAC. Globally, the industry has made a significant step forward with many demonstration and pre-commercial deployments in the past 5 years. All of which have large, deep territorial waters, significant wind resources offshore, high population and industrial activity near the coastline. These conditions make Taiwan very suitable for the development of FOW. Early this year, the Energy Administration took the right first step to formulate the deployment plan of pre-commercial projects, 6-12 units each, up to 3 selected projects; and policy goals to effectively support the deployment.
In his short presentation, prof. KT Ma highlights three importances that make floating offshore wind deployment a sucessfull mission.
In line with FoundOcean’s latest development of establishing a new equipment base in Taiwan, this presentation will highlight the availability of FoundOcean’s equipment in the region, the optimization of the local supply chain, and the benefits this brings to offshore wind projects in Taiwan and local community. Business localization is crucial for fostering a strong connection with local markets, providing enhanced customer support, developing local supply chains, building local expertise,...
In line with FoundOcean’s latest development of establishing a new equipment base in Taiwan, this presentation will highlight the availability of FoundOcean’s equipment in the region, the optimization of the local supply chain, and the benefits this brings to offshore wind projects in Taiwan and local community. Business localization is crucial for fostering a strong connection with local markets, providing enhanced customer support, developing local supply chains, building local expertise, and maintaining a competitive edge. It goes beyond language translation and transforms a global presence into a regionally relevant, trusted, and competitive brand.
Introducing value creation by ESG aligned Capital Projects and general overview of key ESG issues in Project Financing of Capital Renewable Projects.
14:20 - 14:30
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 8 | Biodiversity and Renewable Energy: Risks or Opportunity?
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 8 | Biodiversity and Renewable Energy: Risks or Opportunity?
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Josephine Cheng
Principal Consultant at ERM
The development of renewable energy often encounters biodiversity issues. If managed properly, a project can enhance biodiversity, resulting in a net gain rather than posing risks to it. This presentation will reference recent renewable energy development projects to discuss the associated biodiversity risks and opportunities.
14:40 - 14:50
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 9 | Temporary Power Solutions - A Necessity in Taiwan's Green Energy Transition
UK Pavilion Mini- Seminar 9 | Temporary Power Solutions - A Necessity in Taiwan's Green Energy Transition
Jason will be sharing advancements in the latest STR technologies, highlighting the cutting edge features to achieve maximum performance on offshore renewables projects.
14:00 - 16:00
Afternoon Tea
Afternoon Tea
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The BCCTaipei UK Pavilion offers guests the chance to unwind with a cup of English tea while strengthening the valuable connections made throughout the day.
Join us for complimentary English tea, Walkers shortbread and British sausage as you explore the latest offerings from UK service providers.