Energy policy of Taiwan

As of 2006, in Taiwan, oil accounts for 48% of the total energy consumption. Coal comes next with 34%, followed by nuclear energy with 9%, natural gas with 8%, and hydropower below 2%. Taiwan has 6 reactors and two under construction.

As of 2002, Taipower had an installed capacity of 31,915 MW, of which 69% was thermal, 16% was nuclear, and 14% was hydropower. Nuclear energy is controversial and the privatization of the energy market (with Taipower that is owned by the state), originally planned in 2001, has been postponed to 2006.

The Democratic Progressive Party Government was elected in early 2000 promising to approve only liquefied natural gas power projects in the future, and to increase the share of liquefied natural gas of Taiwan's power generation to roughly by one-third by 2010. It tried to stop the 2,700 MW Kungliao nuclear power plant, currently under construction, but a court has ruled the construction could not be aborted.

References

* [http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/taiwan.html eia.doe.gov]

See also

* Politics of the Republic of China
* Nuclear energy policy
* Wild at Heart (environmental group)

External links

* [http://www.uic.com.au/nip68.htm Uranium Information Center: China]