Taiwan News
Date: 2016-10-15
By: Central News Agency

More than 7,000 customers have signed up to the green power purchase project launched by state-owned Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) in an effort to promote renewable energy and environmental protection, surpassing its goal of 4,000 customers for the year.

The latest statistics show that 7,029 customers — including enterprises and individuals — have bought green energy so far this year.

Although the number of customers has surpassed the original goal of 4,000, Taipower has still fallen far short of its goal of selling 1 billion kilowatt hours of renewable energy for the year, with existing customers buying only 268.9 million kWh in total.

Of the enterprises that purchased green energy, 19 bought more than 1 million kWh.     [FULL  STORY]