Solar power in Taiwan

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Solar power contributes 14.91 TWh of generation to the Taiwanese grid, accounting for 5.2% of total electric power generation as of 2024.{{Cite web |title=Electricity Data Explorer |url=https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Ember |language=en-US}} Taiwan has 14.28 GW of installed capacity.{{Cite web |title=Electricity Data Explorer |url=https://ember-energy.org/data/electricity-data-explorer/ |access-date=2025-05-24 |website=Ember |language=en-US}}Taiwan's goal, in the net-zero roadmap of the country's National Development Council (NDC), is to construct 20 GW by 2025 and 40-80 GW by 2050.{{Cite web |title=Taiwan government faces energy, climate policy challenge after elections |url=https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/energy-transition/020124-taiwan-government-faces-energy-climate-policy-challenge-after-elections |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250215185315/https://www.spglobal.com/commodity-insights/en/news-research/latest-news/energy-transition/020124-taiwan-government-faces-energy-climate-policy-challenge-after-elections |archive-date=2025-02-15 |access-date=2025-05-29 |website=S&P Global Commodity Insights |language=en}}

== History ==

There is strong solar energy potential in the entire country. {{Cite journal |last=Ko |first=Li |last2=Wang |first2=Jen-Chun |last3=Chen |first3=Chia-Yon |last4=Tsai |first4=Hsing-Yeh |date=2015-04-01 |title=Evaluation of the development potential of rooftop solar photovoltaic in Taiwan |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0960148114008088 |journal=Renewable Energy |volume=76 |pages=582–595 |doi=10.1016/j.renene.2014.11.077 |issn=0960-1481|url-access=subscription }}{{Cite journal |last=Yue |first=Cheng-Dar |last2=Huang |first2=Guo-Rong |date=2011-12-01 |title=An evaluation of domestic solar energy potential in Taiwan incorporating land use analysis |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0301421511007439 |journal=Energy Policy |series=Clean Cooking Fuels and Technologies in Developing Economies |volume=39 |issue=12 |pages=7988–8002 |doi=10.1016/j.enpol.2011.09.054 |issn=0301-4215|url-access=subscription }} Research published in 2022 noted that Taipei has the weakest solar irradiance, but there is still substantial benefit to rooftop solar, especially in the pursuit of an ambitious net-zero goal.{{Cite journal |last=Li |first=Sin-Yi |last2=Han |first2=Jen-Yu |date=2022-05-01 |title=The impact of shadow covering on the rooftop solar photovoltaic system for evaluating self-sufficiency rate in the concept of nearly zero energy building |url=https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2210670722001482 |journal=Sustainable Cities and Society |volume=80 |pages=103821 |doi=10.1016/j.scs.2022.103821 |issn=2210-6707|url-access=subscription }}

In 2012, the Million Rooftop Photo Voltaic and Thousand Wind Turbines programs were initiated. In 2014, the Rising Green Energy Industry Program was also initiated.{{cite web|url=http://topics.amcham.com.tw/2015/09/is-renewable-energy-the-way-forward-for-taiwan/|title=Is Renewable Energy the Way Forward for Taiwan?|author=Tim Ferry|work=Taiwan Business TOPICS|date=14 September 2015}}