USEFUL ASSISTANCE: Authorities in March introduced a NT$2 million subsidy per renewable energy project, but Sakinu Tepiq urged more focus on economic development

Taipei Times
Date: May 19, 2018
By: Lin Chia-nan  /  Staff reporter

To promote renewable energy installations in Aboriginal communities, the government should propose concrete plans to help them build a sustainable industry, instead of simply offering subsidies, Paiwan pastor Sakinu Tepiq said yesterday.

Sakinu Tepiq, who serves as chairman of an Aboriginal community reconstruction foundation, made the remark at a meeting about renewable energy development in Aboriginal communities and remote areas at the Legislative Yuan in Taipei yesterday, which was hosted by Democratic Progressive Party Legislator Chen Man-li (陳曼麗).

The Ministry of Economic Affairs in March released a set of guidelines governing subsidies for Aboriginal regions to install renewable power generation capacity.

Each installation proposal qualifies for a subsidy of up to NT$2 million (US$66,863) in the first stage, Bureau of Energy section head Chen Chung-hsien (陳崇憲) said at the meeting.

In the second stage, the bureau can cover up to 20 percent of a proposal’s total equipment cost up to a limit of NT$10 million, he added.    [FULL  STORY]