Taiwan Power plans to lay undersea electric cable
to Penghu
Aug 7, 2007 - Asia In Focus
TAIPEI: State-owned TAIWAN POWER CO. announced
Monday a plan to construct a 60 kilometre undersea
electric cable linking Taiwan proper and its outlying
island of Penghu as part of the company's efforts
to secure supplies of wind-powered electricity between
the two places. The NT$14.68 billion (US$445 million)
plan is currently undergoing an environmental impact
assessment, a company spokesman said, who estimated
that the entire project will be finished in November
2012 if the assessment is completed by the end of
this year.
* Once the cable is completed, wind-powered
electricity on Penghu could be produced on a massive
scale, the spokesman noted. * The undersea electric
cable will serve as a backup system, but one which
the spokesman said must be put in place in advance.
Taiwan Power announces plan to construct 60 km undersea
electric cable linking Taiwan and outlying island
of Penghu
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