The United Kingdom and Taiwan celebrated two decades of collaboration in renewable energy during the\u00a07th UK\u2013Taiwan Energy Dialogue\u00a0and the\u00a020th Taiwan\u2013UK Renewable Energy Roundtable, held in London on 26 November 2025. Senior officials, technical experts, and industry leaders from both sides reaffirmed their shared commitment to achieving\u00a0net-zero emissions by 2050\u00a0and reaffirmed the importance of sustained coordination on renewable energy deployment, grid resilience, and energy innovation.<\/p>\n
Strengthening Bilateral Ties\u00a0<\/p>\n
Opening the Dialogue,\u00a0Vincent Chin\u2011hsiang\u00a0Yao,\u00a0Taiwan\u2019s\u00a0Representative\u00a0to\u00a0the UK, and\u00a0Lord Faulkner of Worcester, UK Prime Minister\u2019s Trade Envoy to Taiwan, underscored the strategic importance of energy cooperation.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lee Chun\u2011li, Director General of Taiwan\u2019s Energy Administration (MOEA), highlighted progress under the\u00a0Taiwan\u2013UK Enhanced Trade Partnership (ETP), including the \u201cEnergy and Net Zero\u201d pillar signed earlier this year.\u00a0Simon Payne, Head of International Bilateral & Capability at the UK Department for Energy Security & Net Zero, reaffirmed the UK\u2019s ambition to become a\u00a0clean energy superpower,\u00a0including delivering a fully decarbonised power system by 2030 and supporting supply\u2011chain development through an active industrial strategy.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Dialogue Themes\u00a0<\/p>\n
Section I \u2013\u00a0Offshore Wind Policy\u00a0<\/p>\n
UK officials, including\u00a0Aidan Campbell,\u00a0provided a comprehensive update on\u00a0fixed-bottom and floating offshore wind deployment, including reforms to the\u00a0Contracts for Difference (CfD)\u00a0scheme, investment in\u00a0grid and port infrastructure, and the role of the\u00a0Crown Estate\u00a0in site leasing. The UK stressed its strategy to accelerate floating offshore wind through innovation and supply-chain development.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Taiwan\u2019s\u00a0Cheng Ju\u2011ming\u00a0outlined its\u00a0three-phase offshore wind development programme, which has positioned the island among global leaders in annual offshore wind installation. Delegates discussed technical challenges such as\u00a0geotechnical conditions,\u00a0typhoon resilience, and\u00a0local supply chain capacity, as well as the transition toward\u00a0deep-water floating wind. Both sides exchanged views on\u00a0foundation types,\u00a0deployment depths, and\u00a0standardisation of floating technologies\u00a0to ensure cost efficiency and safety.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Section II \u2013\u00a0Project Finance and Bankability\u00a0<\/p>\n
Shen Tien\u2011chun,\u00a0from Taiwan\u2019s\u00a0National Credit Guarantee Administration,\u00a0explained its role in providing guarantees for green energy projects and enabling local financial institutions to\u00a0participate\u00a0in project finance. Key challenges\u00a0identified\u00a0included\u00a0capital requirements,\u00a0Taiwan-dollar liquidity constraints,\u00a0Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) market maturity, and risk appetite among domestic banks.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Jack Hebb,\u00a0UK Export Finance (UKEF),\u00a0shared\u00a0insights into\u00a0export credit agency cooperation, the evolution of offshore wind financing, and opportunities for\u00a0blended finance\u00a0models.\u00a0Shyam Desai,\u00a0British Office Taipei\u00a0Economic\u00a0Section\u00a0Head,\u00a0presented findings from a\u00a0Carbon Trust\u00a0study aimed at improving Taiwan\u2019s financing environment. Both sides agreed that\u00a0long-term policy stability,\u00a0diversified financing tools,\u00a0and greater involvement from domestic banks are essential to sustain sector growth.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Section III\u00a0\u2013\u00a0Marine\u00a0Spatial Planning\u00a0<\/p>\n
Chloe Meacher\u00a0from the\u00a0UK\u2019s\u00a0Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra)\u00a0introduced its\u00a0marine spatial prioritisation\u00a0methodology, designed to address the growing \u201cspatial squeeze\u201d in crowded waters and balance competing interests such as energy, environmental protection, defence, shipping, and fisheries.\u00a0Chen Wei\u2011te,\u00a0from\u00a0Taiwan\u2019s Metal Industries Research & Development Centre\u00a0presented its\u00a0maritime zoning framework\u00a0and plans for\u00a0multi-use demonstration projects\u00a0to support next-generation offshore wind development. Both sides expressed interest in continued technical exchanges on\u00a0planning methodologies\u00a0and\u00a0environmental management.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Roundtable Highlights\u00a0<\/p>\n
The 20th Taiwan\u2013UK Renewable Energy Roundtable featured sessions on\u00a0port planning,\u00a0emerging\u00a0marine energy technologies, and\u00a0smart grid integration, with contributions from\u00a0Sandra Li,\u00a0Liu Tzu\u2011yar,\u00a0Chung Cheng\u2011hsien,\u00a0Sam\u00a0Strivens,\u00a0Ho Ping\u2011heng, and\u00a0Peter Weston.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The Roundtable also featured the signing of a\u00a0Memorandum of Understanding\u00a0between Taiwan\u2019s\u00a0Metal Industries Research & Development Centre (MIRDC)\u00a0and the UK\u2019s\u00a0Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (ORE Catapult)\u00a0to deepen technical collaboration.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Looking Ahead\u00a0<\/p>\n
Both sides reaffirmed their commitment to continued cooperation across\u00a0policy,\u00a0financing,\u00a0technology, and\u00a0marine planning, recognising the Dialogue\u2019s role in clean-energy deployment, industrial development, and energy security. Taiwan will host the\u00a08th UK\u2013Taiwan Energy Dialogue in 2026, marking another milestone in this enduring partnership.\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The United Kingdom and Taiwan celebrated two decades of collaboration in renewable energy during the\u00a07th UK\u2013Taiwan Energy Dialogue\u00a0and…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":294292,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[59,57,58,50,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-458713","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-united-kingdom","tag-gb","tag-great-britain","tag-greatbritain","tag-news","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458713","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=458713"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/458713\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/294292"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=458713"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=458713"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=458713"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}