Taiwan Plans Solar Power Boost in Push to Become Free of Nuclear
- Cabinet discussed two-year solar power development plans today
- President Tsai wants to be rid of nuclear power by 2025
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Taiwan is aiming to more than double solar-power capacity in the next two years as part of a longer-term policy to see greater use of the energy source following a vow to support green energy industries and get rid of nuclear power.
The government wants by June 2018 to expand solar by 1.52 gigawatts from current levels on the way to achieving capacity of 20 gigawatts by 2025, according to a statement following a cabinet meeting on Thursday. The policy is being pushed by President Tsai Ing-wen, who was elected in January in part on an anti-nuclear power platform.