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How can Taiwan achieve net-zero emissions by 2050?

In 2023, the Taiwanese government also released 12 key strategies for achieving net-zero emissions by 2050. Solar power, wind power, hydrogen energy, forward-looking energy, power systems and storage, and energy conservation strategies are the government's primary industrial initiatives to promote net-zero emissions.

What percentage of Taiwan's electricity comes from fossil fuels?

In 2022, 79.6% of Taiwan 's electricity generation came from fossil fuels (43.4% natural gas, 34.8% coal, 1.4% oil, 1.4% cogeneration, 1.2%), 9.1% from nuclear, 8.6% from renewables, and 1.2% from hydro. Taiwan relies on imports for almost 98% of its energy, which leaves the island's energy supply vulnerable to external disruption.

Does Taiwan need a paradigm shift in energy?

Bluntly put, a paradigm shift is underway in how major energy stakeholders—such as government policymakers, producers, utility companies, and industrial end-users—approach their energy needs. Taiwan needs to look not just to the energy it needs right now but also to the energy it will need ten to twenty years from now if it is to power its future.

Does Taiwan have a nuclear power plant?

Taiwan has one active nuclear reactors, the Maanshan Nuclear Power Plant. Nuclear energy is controversial, and the privatization of the energy market (with Taipower that is owned by the state), originally planned in 2001, was postponed to 2006. In 2012, nuclear power accounted for a total 38,890 GWh of electricity generation in Taiwan.

Can Taiwan decarbonize its energy sector?

Taiwan’s renewable energy targets are ambitious and have set Taiwan squarely on a pathway to decarbonization. But Taiwan needs to expand its use of technology much more broadly across its energy sector. And it must rely more heavily on market forces, not least through risk taking on spot markets, to better meet its energy requirements.

What is Taiwan's Energy Trilemma?

Taiwan’s more pressing energy challenge, therefore, is that these risks are being eclipsed by new dynamics that are reshaping future energy security, affordability, and sustainability—the so-called energy trilemma.