Energy

• General Introduction
  • Energy (Updated 2005)
    • Supply and Consumption
    • Oil, Natural Gas, Coal, Electricity and Nuclear Power
    • Renewable Energy Sources

• Year 2007
  • Renewable Energy Sources and Related Issues
    • Taipower opens 23 new wind turbines (April 27)

• Year 2006
  • Supply and Consumption
    • Electricity prices set to go up (April 27)
    • Industrial, electricity rates to be hiked by 10% (April 27)
    • CPC announces hikes in gasoline, fuel prices (April 19)
    • Government adopts measures to alleviate impact of oil price hikes (April 19)
    • Oil price hike leading to increasing purchase of diesel (April 10)
    • CPC empowered to change fuel prices (February 17)
  • Renewable Energy Sources and Related Issues
    • Taiwan jumps on the global photovoltaic power generation bandwagon (September 15)
    • E-Tone Solar Tech lands five-year order from Solaria (September 6)
    • Top two Taiwanese solar cell makers plan bold expansions (May 26)
    • Hothouse Alternatives (April 1)
    • Motech aims to rank among world's top-3 solar cell suppliers by 2010 (March 28)
    • Solar energy stocks skyrocket on the Gretai as investors bet on a sunny business future (March 27)
    • Material shortage seen to cast cloud over solar energy industry (March 22)
    • UMC branches into solar cell business (March 22)
    • Ministry of Economic Affairs, Taipower set higher target for reducing emissions (February 24)
    • Private, public sectors join hands to conserve energy, cut emissions (January 6)
  • Nuclear Power
    • County commissioner wants action on waste (June 7)
    • Legislative committee to investigate nuclear budget (May 12)
    • Conservationist group debuts anti-nuke short film (April 25)
    • Fourth nuke plant may be suspended due to lack of funding (April 4)
    • The Politics of Power (April 1)

• Year 2005
  • Supply and Consumption
    • Prices frozen, taxes cut on oil products (September 30)
  • Renewable Energy Sources and Related Issues
    • Metal industry research center orchestrates wind power group (September 16)
    • Nobel laureate promotes bio-energy to cut oil demand (July 13)
    • MOFA to help secure diversified energy resources (July 3)