Taiwan risks a three-year lull in offshore wind construction early next decade, which would hurt local shipbuilders and engineering firms that spent a decade building up the capacity.

• A gap in 2031 through 2033 could stall new projects and push investment away.
• Dozens of Taiwanese companies bought and built their own construction vessels instead of renting foreign expertise, and that work would dry up.
• Taiwan now has about 120 local construction and support ships, but still not enough specialized ones to form a full installation fleet.
• CDWE, a Taiwan-Belgium joint venture, is already among the world's busiest offshore wind installers outside China.
• The same skills feed into subsea cables, offshore substations, and carbon storage, so losing them costs more than wind power alone.

Outlook: Pressure is on the government to launch the next round of wind auctions soon, since Taiwan's plan calls for 15 to 18 gigawatts more capacity by 2039.