Date: 2025-11-20

In response to recent public attention on energy transition issues, the Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) stated that Taiwan launched the Second Energy Transition Policy in 2024. Through strategies such as "replacing coal with natural gas, promoting diversified green energy, introducing energy storage, and strengthening power grid resilience and deep energy saving," the government aims to ensure a stable power supply while reducing carbon emissions and air pollution. The MOEA will continue to advance energy transition steadily through ongoing public communication.

The MOEA noted that Taiwan's energy policy is consistent with international trends, continuously reducing dependence on coal and developing renewable energy. In 2024, coal-fired power generation accounted for 39%, lower than natural gas at 42%, while renewable energy reached 12%. Going forward, natural gas will serve as a bridging energy to replace high-carbon coal-fired power generation. The transition will be driven by diverse green energy and deep energy saving, supplemented by technological energy storage and enhanced grid resilience, progressing toward the 2030 power mix target of "50% natural gas, 30% renewable energy, and 20% coal."

The MOEA emphasized that developing renewable energy is not only an international trend, but also a key factor in enhancing industrial competitiveness worldwide. During COP28, the European Union and the United States launched a joint initiative to triple global renewable energy capacity by 2030, to which 133 countries have responded, showing that renewable energy has become the mainstream of global net-zero transition. In addition, regarding advanced nuclear technologies such as Small Modular Reactors (SMRs), the government will continue to monitor international developments. If technologies become safer, nuclear waste issues are resolved, and a broad domestic consensus is reached, the government will not exclude any options that contribute to achieving the net-zero emissions goal.

While promoting the energy transition, the MOEA stressed that stable power supply remains at the core of policy implementation. In 2022, Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) launched a 10-year, NT$564.5 billion "Construction Plan for Enhancing Power Grid Resilience," focusing on three major pillars: promoting distributed power grid projects, enhancing and fortifying power grid engineering, and enhancing system defense capabilities. The plan promotes the upgrade of the existing grid system and the reinforcement of the extra-high voltage grid to gradually achieve grid decentralization, improve equipment stability, and enhance the national grid's capability to respond to unexpected incidents. In addition, Taipower is also implementing a Distribution System Upgrade Plan, continuously replacing substation and distribution line equipment and strengthening system resilience. Following these comprehensive improvements, nationwide power outage incidents have significantly decreased in recent years. In 2024, the number of distribution-related outage incidents dropped by more than 13,000 compared with 2012, a 65% reduction, demonstrating substantial progress in power supply stability.

The MOEA noted that, in response to the increasing share of natural gas in the future power mix, the government has established natural gas safety stock requirement, planning to gradually increase the current 11-day reserve to more than 14 days by 2027. Meanwhile, import stability will be ensured through diversified supply sources and medium-and-long-term contracts. Together with the development of renewable energy and energy storage, these measures aim to enhance system resilience and flexibility under extreme weather or unexpected events, thereby reducing energy supply risks.

Developing the green energy industry is a key foundation of Taiwan's path toward net-zero emissions. In response to recent illegal interference in the industry, the MOEA and the Ministry of Justice has jointly established the "Liaison Platform for Combating Crimes against Green Energy Industry Development." The platform has been operating effectively, all sectors are encouraged to report any relevant information immediately to facilitate investigation, so to jointly safeguard a healthy development environment for the green energy industry. Looking ahead, the government will continue to promote "stable power supply, carbon and pollution reduction, and energy security," and work closely with all sectors of society to build a safe, sustainable, and resilient energy future.

Spokesperson for Energy Administration, Ministry of Economic Affairs: Deputy Director General, Chih-Wei Wu
Contact Phone Number: 02-2775-7750, 0922-339-410
Email Address: cwwu@moeaea.gov.tw

Business Contact: Director, Fang-Ling Liao
Contact Phone Number: 02-2775-7710, 0912-089-923
Email Address: flliao@moeaea.gov.tw