Bureau expecting surge in renewable energy programBy Angelica Oung / Staff reporterMore than 500 million kilowatt-hours (kWh) are likely to be sold through a Taiwan Renewable Energy Certification Center program through the end of this year, driven by intense corporate demand for green energy, the Bureau of Standards, Metrology and Inspections (BSMI) said yesterday. The Ministry of Economic Affairs’ bureau administers the Taiwan Renewable Energy Certificate (T-REC) program. TSMC in July signed the Climate Group’s global RE100 pledge, promising to be “committed to 100 percent renewable electricity” by 2050. Taipower charges NT$0.058 per kilowatt hour to “wheel” energy from renewable sources through its grid from supplier to producer. An amendment last year to the Renewable Energy Development Act (再生能源發展條例) provided the legislative structure for T-REC, Huang said.

Source: Taipei Times October 02, 2020 16:07 UTC