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An examination on the feed-in tariff policy for renewable electricity: Taiwan’s case example
Chen, Chung-Chiang
Abstract
Taiwan’s feed-in tariff (FIT) policy, revised in
2009, sets a goal to increase the installation capacity
6,500–10,000 MW (megawatts) of renewable power systems
in 20 years. The purpose of this paper is to examine
whether the goal can be achieved or not. This paper presents
an overview of FIT policies implemented in some
leading countries and their performance of renewable
electricity installed capacity and generation. This paper
presents two outlook scenarios for Taiwan’s renewable
power installation capacity by using Germany as a
benchmark after a detailed analysis and discussion on
Taiwan’s historical evolution of renewable energies. The
Moderate Scenario projects that total cumulative capacity
of renewable power systems increases from 5,813.8 MW in
2010 to 7,245.99 MW in 2030, while the Optimistic Scenario
estimates the total renewable power capacity will be
11,977.14 MW in 2030. The total increase in the new
installation capacity attain to 1,432.19 and 6,163.64 MW
for the two scenarios, respectively.
Keywords
Feed-in tariff (fit); Wind power; Solar PV; Renewable electricity; Energy policy
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