Source: FOCUS TAIWAN / 2010.06.29

Seoul, June 29 (CNA) A Taiwanese trade promotion official urged South Korean companies to cooperate in the green energy industry Tuesday and invited firms to attend a sustainable energy fair in Taiwan later this year.

Jeremy Horng, deputy executive director of the exhibition department at the semi-official Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA), issued the invitation while addressing South Korean company representatives at a meeting in Seoul.

"We welcome South Korean companies to attend the fair in Taiwan and also explore cooperation or business opportunities," he said.

Horng was referring to a fair that combines PV Taiwan, the Taiwan International Green Industries Show (TIGIS) and the Conference of the Electric Power Supply Industry (CEPSI) from Oct. 25-28.

At the meeting, Horng gave a briefing on Taiwan's developments in photovoltaics, light-emitting diodes (LED), wind power, fuel cells and other green energies.

Horng later departed for Tokyo to continue to promote the industry.

Taiwan is the world's fourth-largest producer of photovoltaic cells after China, Japan and Germany, and is expected to break into the top three by 2015 with government support, according to PV Taiwan's website.

PV Taiwan is expected to attract more than 10,000 visitors from over 50 nations this year, it says.

The TIGIS, a business-to-business trade show, was held for the first time last year and attracted nearly 8,000