Taiwan Not Meeting Government Energy Transition Targets
Taiwan's government plans to have green energy account for over 60% of the country’s total power generation by the year 2050. But solar and wind energy production in recent years has fallen short of government targets.
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00:00Taiwan is falling behind on its sustainable energy goals as offshore wind and solar energy
00:05production fail to meet expectations.
00:08Government plans to have green energy account for the majority of the country's total power
00:12generation by 2050.
00:15Solar and wind energy production have grown in recent years, but they still fall short
00:19of government targets.
00:20In 2022, offshore wind energy production was 5 percent short of expectations, while solar
00:26energy was 13 percent under.
00:28And in 2023, offshore wind energy was still short by over 3 percent, while solar energy
00:33production was 11 percent behind government targets.