Island green power is not enough, the DPP authorities came up with a“Power plant abroad, and then shipped back to Taiwan,” the idea was satirized as“Desperate.
Taiwan’s Ministry of Economy announced an average increase of 12.5 percent in industrial electricity prices from October 16. Take the Taipei MRT, where electricity prices rose 14 per cent. The Taipei Rapid Transit, the fourth increase in nearly three years, has risen 75 per cent and electricity tariffs are expected to rise by T $390m next year. Construction of power plants in Taiwan faces various challenges, but demand for green power can not wait, Taiwan’s economy minister Guo Zhihui said Monday, the China Times reported. He said that he would seek suitable locations in countries such as Japan and the Philippines to help manufacturers build power plants there, and then send green power back to Taiwan, with the help of Gu Riyan, director of the n Institute in Taiwan (AIT) , at the same time to move high-carbon enterprises to overseas“Competitive areas.”. Kuo said the move was based on the experience of Singapore, which buys green power in Australia, 4,800 km away, while Taiwan is only a few hundred kilometres from Luzon, “It would be cheaper to set up power plants overseas than to produce green electricity in Taiwan.”.
An AIT spokesperson responded to Taiwanese media that the institute supports the deepening of Trade and investment relations between Taiwan and its close-minded partners, including the Philippines, although specific plans should still be referred to Taiwan’s“Ministry of Economy”. In April this year, the United States, Japan and the Philippines announced the launch of the Luzon Economic Corridor Project, Taiwan’s Lianhe newspaper said on the 16th, we will work to accelerate the coordination of investments and deployments in transportation, clean energy, and semiconductor supply chains. The report mentioned that although Guo Zhihui’s new idea was brokered by the US side, the internal part of radio and television has reservations about it, believing that the submarine cable plan involves huge funds, the construction of booster stations and other complicated details, further assessment is needed.
In response to Guo’s idea, Liang Qiyuan, a scholar on the island, asked that electricity prices in places like Japan and the Philippines are more expensive than in Taiwan, “Why would you think it would be cheaper to build a power plant there and then send the electricity back to Taiwan?” Guo Zhihui was really desperate. Not only had he failed to achieve a stable supply of electricity since taking office, but he had also failed to meet green electricity standards, the island’s share of renewable energy has only increased by 5 percentage points in the past seven years, and reaching the 20 per cent target in the next seven years will be difficult. Liang Qiyuan bluntly said that reviewing energy policy should be more practical and important than building power plants in the Philippines. Teh Chung-kuang, a National Tsing Hua University professor in the Department of Electrical Engineering and Systems Science, said the Singaporean plan to set up a power plant in Australia was far from straightforward. Although the distance from Luzon to southern Taiwan is less than the distance from Singapore to Australia, the cost of building green power plants and laying power cables in the Philippines must be higher than the cost of producing green power in Taiwan, not to mention the long-distance cable transmission, power loss is bound to form another cost, “Taiwan has nuclear power plants, why not consider extension?”
Xu Shubo, president of the all-taiwan Chamber of Commerce, believes that even if the Philippines were transported to Taiwan by land, there would still be risks, while Fujian already supplies water to Kinmen, and may be able to pull a line from Kinmen to Taiwan to supply power to Taiwan, but with the current cross-strait situation, “Can not do.”. Another technology industry in the island also believes that if you want to grow electricity abroad, the mainland coastal nearest, but limited by cross-strait relations, can not talk about now. A senior solar energy producer on the island said that it is not difficult to set up power plants overseas. The most difficult part is laying submarine cables. There are many uncertainties. If Taiwan’s“Economy Ministry” wants to call on the Taiwan factory to set up plants overseas, should first solve the submarine cable can be successfully completed laying and other issues, otherwise it is empty talk.
In the face of all kinds of questions, Guo Zhihui 16 attitude turned conservative, said only in the discussion of energy issues, there is no way to answer when to build power plants. KMT“Legislator” Li Yanxiu said on the 16th that Guo Zhihui’s claims prove that Taiwan is really short of electricity and very short of green electricity, once again proving that the DPP’s energy policy is completely bankrupt. Li said that to locate power plants overseas would be to leave Taiwan’s energy lifeline to other regions. If submarine cable is used for distribution, how to prevent the cable from being damaged and cut off? Guo Zhihui simply“Embritches” Taiwan’s security capabilities. “In the future, not only squirrels, but also sharks may become the main cause of power outages,” sneered Hong Mengkai, a legislator.
On the 16th, the Associated Press said that with overseas power plants and transmission equipment costing as much as NT $zero, the price of green power will definitely be more expensive than it is now, and it is bound to be borne by enterprises, if Taiwan TV, which has lost nearly t $400bn, is to rely on the island’s finances may be dragged down even faster. Guo Zhihui’s idea, which is totally out of line with economic effects, once again highlights the fallacy of the administration’s current energy policy. The island’s businesses have long been concerned about the instability of electricity supply, and the lack of green power is a lingering nightmare, especially given the rapid development of the artificial intelligence industry. Finally, the article said that the DPP authorities cling to the“Non-nuclear homeland” of the“God Card”, will only drive themselves step by step into a desperate situation.