The development of offshore wind energy plays a pivotal role in Taiwan’s transition to a lowcarbon economy. To secure the profits of substantial investments in offshore wind energy, long-term contracts are essential. However, supervening incidents could halt, damage, or destroy offshore wind projects. Force majeure clauses serve as a preventive mechanism to address these unforeseen risks. Despite their significance, contract drafters often overlook the importance of force majeure clauses. This article contends that offshore wind developers and the Taiwanese government should collaborate as partners to carefully draft force majeure clauses in offshore wind contracts, ensuring proper allocation of unforeseen risks. By examining the concept of force majeure under the CISG and Taiwanese law, this article proposes fundamental elements and a model clause for force majeure in offshore wind contracts.

I. Introduction
II. Development of Offshore Wind Energy in Taiwan
    A. Offshore Wind Energy Demonstration Program
    B. The Four-Year Plan and the Three-Stage Strategy for OffshoreWind Power
III. Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Contract and the ForceMajeure Clause
    A. Taiwan’s Offshore Wind Contract
    B. The Force Majeure Clause
IV. Force Majeure Clauses: The CISG, the TaiwaneseLaw, and Six Key Elements
    A. The Force Majeure Clause in the CISG
    B. Force Majeure Clauses in the Taiwanese Law
    C. The Concept and Legal Effects of Force Majeure in the CivilCode of Taiwan
    D. Six Key Elements in Force Majeure Clauses
V. Conclusion: Suggestions for Offshore Wind Contractin Taiwan as an Example

• Tsung-Sheng Liao(Professor and Chair, Department of Law; Associate Dean, College of Law, National Chung Cheng University, Taiwan. LL.M./S.J.D. (U. of Wisconsin-Madison))