(L-R): TIPC Vice President of Business Chung Ying-Feng, MOTC Director-General of Department of Navigation and Aviation Ho Shu-Ping, ECCT CEO Freddie Höglund, GWEC Chair of Offshore Taskforce Alastair Dutton, GWEC CEO Ben Backwell, ECCT LCI Director Sammy Su, Vestas Head of Port Contracting & Support Peter Toft Madsen, TIPC Senior Director Irene Tang, MOTC Deputy Director-General of Maritime Port Bureau Liu Chih-hung
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The ECCT’s Low Carbon Initiative (LCI) together with the Global Wind Energy Council (GWEC) arranged a virtual meeting with senior officials from the Ministry of Transportation and Communications (MOTC) to discuss ongoing developments in Taiwan’s wind energy sector on 29 September. The meeting was opened with remarks by Ho Shu-Ping, Director-General, Department of Navigation and Aviation, MOTC (交通部航政司 何淑萍 司長). This was followed by presentations by ECCT CEO Freddie Höglund and GWEC, CEO, Ben Backwell. This was followed by a Q&A session moderated by Alastair Dutton, Chair of Offshore Taskforce, GWEC. This virtual meeting was attended by delegates of 30 personnel.

Ho Shu-Ping, Director-General, Department of Navigation and Aviation, MOTC (交通部航政司 何淑萍 司長)

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Freddie Höglund, CEO, ECCT (歐洲在臺商務協會 何飛逸 執行長)

-ECCT CEO Freddie Höglun    Ben Backwell, CEO, GWEC (全球風能協會 班·柏克威爾 執行長)
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In his presentations, MOTC Deputy Director-General Liu gave an introduction to MOTC’s Infrastructure Plan for Offshore. And TIPC Senior Director Tang talked about Port Planning: “How do Taiwan ports prepare to accelerate the development of Offshore Wind Energy sector? ”. In their presentation, GWEC Chair of Offshore Taskforce Alastair Dutton, Vestas Head of Port Contracting & Support Peter Toft Madsen, SGRE Port Operations Manager David Hsiao, and Ørsted Head of Taiwan Governmental & Regulatory Affairs CC Lin introduced industry perspectives of Infrastructure building needs in Round 3.
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Vestas Head of Port Contracting & Support Peter Toft Madsen introducing the European experience of building a sustainable and smart port to aid offshore wind development.

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               SGRE Port Operations Manager David Hsiao sharing the international port’s investment in accommodating floating wind energy development.

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                           Ørsted Head of Taiwan Governmental & Regulatory Affairs CC Lin talking about needs for scaling up infrastructure in Taiwan.

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In the Q&A Session, comments were made and questions were posed to government officials by representatives from Vestas, SGRE, and Ørsted.

 (L-R): TIPC Vice President of Business Chung Ying-Feng, Ørsted Head of Taiwan Governmental & Regulatory Affairs CC Lin, GWEC Chair of Offshore Taskforce Alastair Dutton, MOTC Director-General of Department of Navigation and Aviation Ho Shu-Ping, ECCT LCI Director Sammy Su