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.
Taiwan
relies
heavily
on
imported
energy
sources,
especially
coal,
and
ranks
14th
globally
in
per
capita
emissions
of
CO
2.
The
new
wind
projects
would…
