The third receiving terminal has been postponed for environmental reasons – the prospective impact on a unique reef. Citing the need for further study of the rare coral reefs that lie nearby beneath the waters off Taoyuan County, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) on October 26 called for further postponement of a project to build…
The government is moving cautiously – some developers think too cautiously – in promoting what could become a major new industrial sector. Offshore wind-power development is a huge undertaking. Enormous turbines fixed on gigantic masts rise 100 meters above the sea, with foundations reaching 50 meters or more into the waters below. The generating capacity…
The use of agricultural land will be needed to provide sufficient area, but regulations governing farmland are stringent. Taiwan’s rural Yunlin County, traditionally one of the island’s least developed areas, is virtually booming with solar panels. Every third farmhouse or barn seems to be covered in solar panels. And where locals once eyed solar-power purveyors…
As Taiwan attempts to dramatically transform its power generation systems away from nuclear and coal-fired power plants and towards a cleaner system centered around renewable, an important technology seems to have been ignored: fuel cells. A fuel cell is an electrochemical device that converts the chemical energy from a fuel such as hydrogen, natural gas,…
Progress on renewable energy development is slow, but green energy advocates are more optimistic than ever before that Taiwan can live up to its potential as a green-energy hub. “There is now a strong determination to make this work,” wrote Bart Linssen, managing director for German wind power turbine maker Enercon Taiwan, in an email….
A transition toward renewable energy is necessary, but its success will require careful government management. Taiwan has a clear need to diversify its energy portfolio and make concrete progress towards a more robust energy security policy. A full 98% of Taiwan’s energy is imported, costing the equivalent of nearly 15% of the entire Gross Domestic Product…
Massive investment in solar and wind power will be needed if Taiwan is to phase out nuclear energy at the same time as meeting its carbon abatement commitments. This is part one of a three-part story on Taiwan’s energy situation: Part 2 Part 3 The “Energiewende” – energy transformation – of Germany’s power supply has…
