TSMC’s Energy Demand Drives Taiwan’s Geopolitical Future
Extensive grid hardware at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park outside Taichung, Taiwan, and the enormous coal-fired generator behind it assist sustain the island state's energy-gobbling microchip-fabrication plants. The wind blowing in from the Taiwan Strait routinely blasts throughout Changhua Coastal Industrial Park. On this area of recovered land outside Taichung, Taiwan's 2nd biggest city, 80 wind turbines, a set of gas-fired power plants, and 4.3 square kilometers of solar farms create electrical energy for Taiwan's grid. More than 170 wind turbines set up offshore in the strait send out more than a gigawatt of power to a hulking, typhoon-ready substation, its circuits primed for more power coming within months. Shiny brand-new transmission towers strung with steel cable televisions...