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਷ʫঐ๕Զც฿رxTHE ENERGY SUPPLY AND DEMAND SITUATION IN TAIWAN, R.O.C.

In 2016 imports of LNG reached a total of 19,744 million cubic meters, and in
1996 it was 3,436 million cubic meters, an average annual increase of 9.14%. In 2016,
the consumption of LNG was 18,651 million cubic meters, while in 1996 it was only
2,544 million cubic meters, an average annual increase of 10.47%. Of the total in 2016,
power generation comprised 86.88%, industrial 10.29%, services use 2.54%, residen-
tial use 0.29%.
Indigenous natural gas production in twenty years went from 901 million cubic
meters in 1996 down to 322 million cubic meters in 2016, and 1,286 million cubic
meters were converted from LNG. In 2016, its consumption was 1,679 million cubic
meters, while in 1996 it was 1,667 million cubic meters, an average annual growth rate
of 0.04%. Of the total consumption of indigenous natural gas, residential use comprised
52.23%, industrial fuel use 26.76%, services 20.72%, power generation and cogenera-
tion 0.29%.
Electricity production grew from 142.0 TWh in 1996 to 264.1 TWh in 2016, an
average annual increase of 3.15%. Of the total electricity production in 2016, the hy-
dro power of Taiwan Power Company comprised 3.67%, thermal power 52.69% (coal
shared 24.71%, oil 3.96%, LNG 24.02%), nuclear power 11.99%, wind power and solar
photovoltaic 0.25%, cogeneration 14.56%, and IPP 16.85%. Also, the peak load in 2016
reached a record 35,864 MW. Electricity consumption went from 134.3 TWh in 1996 to
255.4 TWh in 2016, an average annual increase of 3.27%. Classified by sector, energy
and industrial consumed 60.54% of electricity in 2016, transportation occupied 0.53%,
agricultural 1.14%, services 19.25%, residential accounted for 18.53%.

In 2016, the dependence on imported energy in Taiwan, R.O.C. was 97.64%; the val-
ue of energy imports was US$30.1 billion, which was 18.66% less than the previous year;
the per capita energy imports cost burden in 2016 was NT$42,353, which was a decrease
of 16.74% compared with NT$50,871 in 2015.

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