Taiwan aims to be a nuclear-free island by 2025, in addition to its goal to boost clean energy in the country, SEMI TAIWAN president said on Wednesday.
Before the presidential election in early 2016, Tsai Ing-Wen, now the President of Taiwan, said that all existing nuclear power plants would close by 2025.
After taking office, the president decreed that all reactors would continue their operations up to a maximum of 40 years, but would not have any possibility of extending beyond this.
In January 2017, the Amendment of the Electricity Act passed the Legislative Yuan - the legislature of Taiwan. According to the law, all nuclear power generating facilities will cease operation by 2025.
Terry Tsao, the president of SEMİ TAİWAN, during his speech at the opening ceremony of PV Taiwan organized by Taiwan External Trade Development Council (TAITRA) and SEMI TAIWAN, said that in order to become a nuclear-free island in the area, companies in Taiwan need to focus more on green energy and should aim to transform to clean energy products.
Tsao said industry could adapt to government policies that focus on clean sources.
'New energies such as hydro, wind, biomass, solar are the main source of green energies which the government is determined to promote,' he explained.
- Low carbon economy is priority
Taiwan's Deputy Minister, Ministry of Economic Affairs Ming-Hsin Kung said the creation of a low carbon society is a necessary issue facing everyone throughout the world.
Kung noted to achieve Taiwan's aim to increase the share of clean energy power to 20 percent; the country wants to increase green energy through photovoltaics, which can be placed both on the ground and on roofs.
“We are talking with different associations to check on land available for solar installations. We are also working hard to make and increase space on roofs for solar panels,” he stated.
We hope to reach a capacity of 3 gigawatts (GW) in offshore solar energy by speeding up its installation, but we hope to raise the bar to 5.5 GW. Should further green energy be deployed, investments of $1.8 trillion would be attained, he explained.
In the three-day event, photovoltaic (PV) systems, equipment, and applications, as well as green energy, air purification technology, and environmental protection are the main topics of the three green energy exhibitions.
PV Taiwan, Taiwan International Green Industry Show (TiGiS), and Taiwan International Air Purification and Sanitation Show (TIAP) will provide a platform for 260 domestic and international companies to discuss further technologies, renewable energy markets, national and international green energy policies and applications.
At the same time, “Renewable Energy Week”, organized by the Industrial Technology Research Institute under the commission of the Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) of Taiwan, will also promote green energy.
By Gulsen Cagatay in Taipei, Taiwan
Anadolu Agency
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