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Two blackouts in the span of a week this month have reignited debates over the government’s energy transition policy, raising fears that the nation is facing a power shortage crisis.
Although the Bureau of Energy has said the blackouts are isolated incidents that highlight the need to improve grid resilience, critics say the reasons for the blackouts are much simpler: Taiwan is not producing enough power and the problem will only worsen in the coming years.
The May 13 blackout, which caused more than 4 million households to lose power on a rotational basis for five hours, came as Taiwan Power Co’s
‘Green’ energy rules take effect
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter
About 300 of the nation’s biggest corporate users of electricity will be required to boost their use of renewable energy from today, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
The threshold for defining a large user is an electricity account that has a 5,000 kilowatt capacity contract with Taiwan Power Co (台電), the ministry said, adding that 500 accounts belonging to about 300 companies fit the criteria.
Large users are required to boost their use of renewable energy to 10 percent within five years, it said.
Google’s data center at the Changhua Coastal Industrial Park is pictured in an undated photograph. The US company in 2019 announced it was purchasing the output of a 10 megawatt solar array in Tainan, its first renewable energy deal in Asia.