The National Development Council (NDC) yesterday unveiled a road map for Taiwan’s push to become “carbon neutral,” with sources of renewable energy to account for at least 60 percent of the nation’s energy mix, which would exclude nuclear power.
NDC Minister Kung Ming-hsin (龔明鑫) said there is no need to worry about electricity shortages or a lack of green energy during the transition.
The nation is capable of increasing electricity supply by 2 percent each year, sufficient for companies to expand their operations, Kung said.
He confirmed plans to impose a carbon tax to subsidize the development of green energy sources and purchases
‘NO BAN’: Minister Kung Ming-hsin said the council would not ban vehicles powered by fossil fuels, but would use subsidies to advance the adoption of electric vehiclesBy Crystal Hsu / Staff reporter
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Taiwan has completed a three-day Disaster Management Workshop in Koror, Palau, in partnership with the US, the Ministry of Science and Technology said on Thursday.
As part of the US-hosted Pacific Partnership, the event, which ran from Tuesday to Thursday, was conducted to enhance joint capabilities, technology sharing and coordination in humanitarian relief, the ministry said in a news release.
Taiwan was invited for being an innovator of technologies utilized in disaster response and for the ministry-affiliated National Science and Technology Center for Disaster Reduction (NCDR), it said.
Palau’s telecommunications, power and water systems were damaged by Typhoon Surigae in April, which highlighted