Energy security must be improvedBy Huynh Tam Sang, Lucia Gragnani 黃心光，葛露晞Energy security has emerged as a grave concern among Taiwanese. Even more nerve-racking for the government’s energy strategy is that sources of renewable energy, especially new solar and offshore wind capacity, are negligible. The US’ Indo-Pacific Strategic Energy Initiative Act underlines Washington’s willingness to support its Indo-Pacific partners to “achieve energy security through diversification of their energy sources and supply routes.”In October last year, Australian Minister for Trade Dan Tehan underscored “the energy partnership” and expressed Canberra’s interest in helping Taiwan decarbonize. As Washington and Canberra seem determined to assist Taiwan with its energy transition, Taipei should reach out to these partners for concrete schemes to launch trilateral collaboration on energy security. The Tsai administration has been ambitious in seeking to address energy security with its energy planning.

Source: Taipei Times May 03, 2022 22:19 UTC