NIRAS inaugurates office to strengthens Its presence in Taiwan

NIRAS inaugurates office in Taiwan to facilitate access to a multi-billion USD market undergoing rapid development.

NIRAS Head of Offshore Wind, Tore Lucht said that they have a strong network in Taiwan and great potential for developing the market through their new office. Taiwan is really dedicated. They experience a great political drive towards renewable energy and a relatively open business climate welcoming involvement of knowledge from outside Taiwan.

As a developer, you need to apply for environmental approval for a specific licence. With the approval comes the concession to develop the offshore wind farm, making a strong local presence vital.

The end of 2017 marks the deadline for obtaining environmental approval, at which point, the market will really start to gain momentum with the development of large offshore wind farms as we know them from Europe.

NIRAS’ primary role in Taiwan is to act as Owners Engineer, where NIRAS staff will help local businesses to develop projects for the offshore wind farms and optimize the supply chain and to help foreign developers gain a foothold in the country. For that reason, our new office will be manned by both local and European staff. NIRAS also design foundations including structural, geotechnical, hydraulic and electrical design and NIRAS has several contracts on design of foundations and supervision of the fabrication and construction of the first offshore wind farms in Taiwan.

Tore Lucht expects that the group’s revenue in Taiwan will reach a yearly turnover above 4 million USD before 2025 in Taiwan and that Taiwan will also serve as a stepping stone to the markets in Japan, South Korea and China.

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