The wind push will see 1.2GW of onshore capacity added by 2020, says Shih Yen-shiang of the country’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, quoted in Taiwan Today newspaper.

The island nation currently has about 300 turbines installed onshore, mainly along the west coast.

Increasing wind capacity is part of Taiwan’s plan to boost renewable energy to 16% of total supply by 2030, a target set in its 2009 Renewable Energy Development Act.

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