A Decarbonization Roadmap for Taiwan and Its Energy Policy Implications

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dc.citation.articleNumber8425
dc.citation.issueNumber14
dc.citation.journalTitleSustainability
dc.citation.volumeNumber14
dc.contributor.authorLau, Hon Chung
dc.contributor.authorTsai, Steve C.
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-08T14:40:06Z
dc.date.available2022-09-08T14:40:06Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe objective of this paper is to propose a decarbonization roadmap for Taiwan to achieve net-zero emissions by 2050 by analyzing the status of fossil and non-fossil energies, screening applicable decarbonization technologies for their effectiveness, and then proposing an energy mix for the future. The novelty of this work lies in the screening process, which considers six, instead of one or two, categories: sustainability, security, affordability, reliability, technology readiness, and technology impact. Based on this screening, a decarbonization roadmap is proposed and compared with the announced net-zero emissions (NZE) plan. The proposed roadmap requires renewable electricity to grow at an average annual growth rate of 7% between now and 2050, instead of the 10.1% required by the NZE plan, which is more achievable based on issues identified with renewable energies during our screening exercise. The proposed roadmap improves on the NZE plan in the following aspects: (1) using clean coal technologies to decarbonize existing coal-fired power plants, (2) relying more on gas than wind and solar energies to replace coal and nuclear energy for power generation, (3) accelerating carbon capture and storage (CCS) implementation, (4) delaying the phaseout of nuclear energy until 2050, and (5) using blue instead of green hydrogen to decarbonize the transport and industry sectors. Implications of this roadmap for future research and development and energy policies are also discussed.
dc.identifier.citationLau, Hon Chung and Tsai, Steve C.. "A Decarbonization Roadmap for Taiwan and Its Energy Policy Implications." <i>Sustainability,</i> 14, no. 14 (2022) MDPI: https://doi.org/10.3390/su14148425.
dc.identifier.digitalsustainability-14-08425-v2
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3390/su14148425
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/113200
dc.language.isoeng
dc.publisherMDPI
dc.rightsThis is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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