中能風

Zhongneng Wind Farm is a wind power project selling wholesale power to Taipower's grid; its exact location cannot be reliably inferred from the project name alone.

Zhongneng Wind Farm sits roughly 10km off the Changhua coast, jointly developed by China Steel Corporation and Denmark's Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners. Awarded 300MW of grid capacity in 2018, it comprises 31 Vestas V174-9.5MW turbines and received its electricity operating license in April 2025. It is noted for the highest localization rate among Taiwan's offshore wind farms and was the first project financed entirely by state-owned banks.

中能風 (Wind) currently reports a net generation of 98.6 MW across 1 unit(s), against an installed capacity of 294.5 MW (33.5% utilization).

Wind has no fuel cost and zero direct emissions, but output fluctuates heavily with wind speed and is less predictable than thermal generation. Generation is markedly seasonal — the Taiwan Strait's strong northeast monsoon in autumn and winter typically produces much higher output than summer. Onshore turbines cluster along the western coastline, while offshore wind farms concentrate off Changhua and Miaoli.

The Taiwan Strait is internationally regarded as one of the world's best offshore wind resource areas, and government-led offshore wind zonal development since 2018 has driven wind's share of generation steadily upward. Wind and solar are the two pillars of Taiwan's renewable expansion, but their intermittency also increases the grid's need for flexible backup such as storage and gas-fired capacity.