A carbon-credit trading platform to encourage people to replace aging scooters with electric ones is to start on Friday next week, the Environmental Protection Administration (EPA) said yesterday.
The scheme rewards people with one carbon credit certificate and NT$2,000 for each electric motorbike they purchase to replace a conventional scooter that is 14 years or older. The credits can be traded on dedicated platforms and yield annual dividends.
Institutions and government agencies are purchasing the certificates for different amounts, with the Hsinchu Science Park Administration offering NT$1,500 per certificate and the Hsinchu County Environmental Protection Bureau offering NT$2,000 per certificate, the EPA