Taiwan News
Date: 2016-08-24
By: Sophia Yang, Taiwan News, Staff Reporter
Renewable energy has been considered the world’s best bet for saving the planet and also a win-
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win solution for creating more employment and boosting economic growth. On Wednesday, key opinion leaders in renewable energy gathered in Taipei to exchange opinions and thoughts with the purpose of assisting the Taiwanese government and energy industry to set out a viable action plan to put the country on track to implement a win-win green energy solution for a sustainable environment and economy.
Earlier this year, Taiwan’s new government showed commitment to increasing renewable-based electricity generation to 20 percent of supply by 2025 in response to the COP21 Agreement and under pressure to phase out nuclear energy. With that, the European Chamber of Commerce Taiwan, state-run China Petroleum Corporation, and PricewaterhouseCoopers Taiwan jointly put together experts and leaders associated with renewable energy from around the world at a New Energy Leadership Forum to seek solutions.
According to the COP 21, to avoid the perilous consequences of climate change, the participating nations are requested to make every effort to reduce greenhouse emissions and limit the increase of the world’s average surface temperature under 2 Celsius degrees. Taiwan has voluntarily joined the initiative and is hammering out plans to shift to the consumption of renewable energy ahead of its original schedule. [FULL STORY]