Taiwan's top power cable maker ventures into offshore wind

Walsin Lihwa sees opportunity in island's shift to renewable energy

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Offshore wind turbines in the Taiwan Strait. The island is looking to increase its use of renewable energy to feed rapidly growing demand for power.   © Kyodo

LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei Asia tech correspondents

TAIPEI -- Taiwan's biggest stainless steel maker is building the island's first submarine power cable production facility for offshore wind farms as it moves to tap into the renewable energy boom.

Walsin Lihwa, also Taiwan's leading maker of terrestrial power cables, is teaming up with the NKT Group, Denmark's leading power cable supplier, through a joint venture dubbed Walsin Energy Cable System.

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