On January 22, 2016, the center announced that it would cooperate with DEWI (UL International GmbH), a wind power expert under UL, a global leader in product safety testing and certification, to jointly develop an offshore wind power system testing and verification technology strategy. The center is responsible for the formulation and implementation of electrical safety, performance and power quality standards for offshore wind turbines in Taiwan; UL DEWI focuses on the type certification of global onshore and offshore wind turbines, and related testing and certification for wind farm operation and maintenance. wait. In addition to mutual technical and business support, the two parties also audited each other's technology and reached a mutual recognition of the report. Through the signing of a memorandum of cooperation, jointly promote the development of global standardization of wind power technology.
Sitting on the world's best offshore wind farm. Prospects for Taiwan's wind power industry are promising
There are currently 28 wind farms and 330 land-based wind turbines in Taiwan. Thanks to the excellent geographical location and strong wind volume, Taiwan's wind power energy density ranks second in the world, second only to New Zealand. However, most of the excellent wind farms in the land area have been fully developed, and the development of wind power generation towards offshore has become inevitable. 4C Offshore, a well-known offshore wind farm statistics company, rated the western waters of Taiwan as the best offshore wind farm in the world, 50% of which is in Taiwan's territorial waters, and its unique "narrow tube effect" makes it more powerful than the westerly wind belt in Europe.
However, the technical fields involved in large offshore wind turbines are both deep and wide, including complicated projects such as meteorology, machinery, electrical machinery, civil engineering, materials, control, communication, and even marine engineering. Time effectively rescued. In recent years, with the rapid development of the wind power industry, major factories focus on manufacturing, which may lead to technical improvement and backward service, and increase the probability and damage of wind power accidents. Therefore, the prior inspection and verification of offshore wind turbines and power plants The work is more concerned by governments around the world.
Combined with advanced empirical technology. Build Taiwan's wind power system testing and verification capabilities
Since 2012, the Center has been cooperating with UL on the detection technology exchange and verification services of renewable energy. In 2016, it first negotiated technical cooperation with UL DEWI in the field of wind power generation. It took 4 years to finally complete the signing of the cooperation memorandum.
The center is the only third-party testing and verification unit in Taiwan that is capable of testing power equipment, systems and new energy products. The electrical safety and performance of motors and the formulation and implementation of power quality standards. As a global leader in product safety testing and certification, UL's DEWI will combine UL's global certification technology network with Taiwan's high-density and complete ecosystem, which is expected to accelerate the cycle speed of wind power technology innovation, improvement, and verification to achieve quality And cost optimization, re-released back to the global network, benefiting the wind power industry around the world, and accelerating the popularization of renewable energy.
Guo Weiping, general manager of UL Energy and Power Technology Asia Pacific, said, "The combination of Taiwan's large power and UL DEWI, combined with advanced experience in the North Sea, Taiwan's unique and difficult offshore wind field conditions and the advantages of the power electronics supply chain, can quench the chain. Stronger and more advanced wind power technology breaks through all barriers of ocean wind power.”
Adopt advanced international verification norms and the world. Promote the development of global standardization of wind power technology
The cooperation agreement between our center and UL DEWI "Offshore Wind Power System Testing and Verification Technology Strategy" adopts the plan verification mode, from design evaluation, component verification, complete machine test, supply chain factory inspection, to basic safety verification under water, etc. In all aspects, the main standards are IEC61400 and IEC 61850, and advanced international standards such as UL 6141 and UL 6171 are also adopted. In the future, we will further provide localized international services for the development, maintenance, and testing of Taiwan's offshore wind turbine systems and key components, so that the upstream, midstream and downstream of Taiwan's offshore wind turbines can conduct relevant research, research and development at the most direct, rapid and lowest cost Development, verification of key components.
Offshore wind power generation has become an inevitable trend of green energy. For its related testing and verification, Taiwan Power and UL have cooperated to obtain relevant international technologies and integrate with the world. This will not only improve the safety and performance testing and verification environment of domestic offshore wind turbines, but also open The vision of Taiwan's offshore wind power and green energy promotes the development of global standardization of wind power technology.
