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Vestas won't upgrade Taiwan blade plant for 15MW wind turbines amid market uncertainty - Recharge

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Vestas won't upgrade Taiwan blade plant for 15MW wind turbines amid market uncertainty | Recharge

Vestas won't upgrade Taiwan blade plant for 15MW wind turbines amid market uncertainty

Turbine OEM has invested at least $300m in local supply chain development and said it will maintain hub and nacelle assembly

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Decades of government support for the development of wind energy has resulted in lower costs and a rapidly growing share of electricity generated by wind turbines. Wind in 2019 accounted for 7.3 percent of electrical generation, surpassing for the first time hydropower at 7.0 percent. 

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