When J.W. Kuo takes up his new role as Taiwan¡¯s economics minister next month, he will need to move fast if he is to salvage one of the government¡¯s signature projects.

Policy conflict and misguided goals threaten to sink outgoing President Tsai Ing-wen¡¯s hopes of achieving renewable energy targets and it will be Kuo¡¯s job to either kill that dream or rewrite existing policy to get plans back on track.

Multiple phases of offshore wind projects have revealed cracks in government policy.