Focus Taiwan
Date: 2017/11/08
By: Shih Hsiu-chuan
Taipei, Nov. 8 (CNA) The plan to make Taiwan nuclear-free by 2025 without suffering
Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德, right)
electricity shortages could be disrupted by delays in construction of a controversial liquefied natural gas (LNG) receiving terminal, Premier Lai Ching-te (賴清德) said Wednesday.
State-run energy company CPC Corp. Taiwan wants to build its third LNG receiving terminal in an industrial harbor in Taoyuan’s Guantang Industrial Park but has met strong opposition from environmental groups due to concerns it could damage rare algae reefs and coral and other protected marine species.
The terminal is seen as critical to the government’s plan to increase the share of electricity in Taiwan generated from natural gas to 50 percent, from 32 percent at present. Construction on the project was originally scheduled to begin in August.
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