Solar power in Taiwan

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Solar power in Taiwan
Taiwan-(China) GHI mid-size-map 156x220mm-300dpi v20191209.png
Solar irradiation map of Taiwan
Installed capacity14.28 GW (2024) (17th)
Annual generation14.91 TWh (2024)
Capacity per capita605 W (2024)
Share of electricity5.2 (2024)

Solar power contributes 15.29 TWh of generation to the Taiwanese grid, accounting for 5.2% of total electric power generation as of 2024. [1] Taiwan has 14.28 GW of installed capacity. [2] Taiwan's goal, in the net-zero roadmap of the country's National Development Council (NDC), is to construct 20 GW by 2025 and 40-80 GW by 2050. [3]

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History

There is strong solar energy potential in the entire country. [4] [5] Research published in 2022 noted that Taipei has the weakest solar irradiance, but there is still substantial benefit to rooftop solar, especially in the pursuit of an ambitious net-zero goal. [6]

In 2012, the Million Rooftop Photo Voltaic and Thousand Wind Turbines programs were initiated. In 2014, the Rising Green Energy Industry Program was also initiated. [7]

Statistics

Taiwan's installed solar power capacity and generation in recent years is shown in the table below: [8]

YearCapacity
(MW)		Generation
(GWh p.a.)
20000.10.12
20010.20.26
20020.30.34
20030.40.46
20040.50.58
20051.00.96
20061.41.45
20072.42.18
20085.54.47
20099.59.11
201034.521.72
2011129.961.62
2012231.2159.87
2013409.9321.09
2014635.9528.76
2015884.2850.26
20161245.01109.00
20171767.71667.45
20182738.12712.03
20194149.54015.94
20205817.26074.67
20217700.27970.19
20229723.710675.32
202312417.612909.73
202414281.115295.93

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Electricity Data Explorer". Ember. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  2. ↑ "Electricity Data Explorer". Ember. Retrieved 2025-05-24.
  3. ↑ "Taiwan government faces energy, climate policy challenge after elections". S&P Global Commodity Insights. Archived from the original on 2025-02-15. Retrieved 2025-05-29.
  4. ↑ Ko, Li; Wang, Jen-Chun; Chen, Chia-Yon; Tsai, Hsing-Yeh (2015-04-01). "Evaluation of the development potential of rooftop solar photovoltaic in Taiwan" . Renewable Energy. 76: 582–595. doi:10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.077. ISSN   0960-1481.
  5. ↑ Yue, Cheng-Dar; Huang, Guo-Rong (2011-12-01). "An evaluation of domestic solar energy potential in Taiwan incorporating land use analysis" . Energy Policy. Clean Cooking Fuels and Technologies in Developing Economies. 39 (12): 7988–8002. doi:10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.054. ISSN   0301-4215.
  6. ↑ Li, Sin-Yi; Han, Jen-Yu (2022-05-01). "The impact of shadow covering on the rooftop solar photovoltaic system for evaluating self-sufficiency rate in the concept of nearly zero energy building" . Sustainable Cities and Society. 80: 103821. doi:10.1016/j.scs.2022.103821. ISSN   2210-6707.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: article number as page number (link)
  7. ↑ Tim Ferry (14 September 2015). "Is Renewable Energy the Way Forward for Taiwan?". Taiwan Business TOPICS.
  8. ↑ Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs, Energy Statistics
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