President Tsai meets Lord Faulkner of Worcester, UK Trade Envoy to Taiwan
During a meeting on the afternoon of September 20 with Lord Faulkner of Worcester, the United Kingdom's Trade Envoy to Taiwan, President Tsai Ing-wen emphasized that Taiwan is committed to developing renewable energy and building a nuclear free homeland. She hopes to learn from the successful experience of the United Kingdom in energy transformation and power industry reform to achieve the goal of becoming a nuclear free country by 2025.
In remarks, President Tsai stated that she is happy to see friends coming all the way from the United Kingdom to Taiwan. She specially mentioned Lord Faulkner, who provided a lot of encouragement and advice on Taiwan's offshore wind power development. She also expressed her hope to further explore cooperation opportunities in renewable energy between Taiwan and the United Kingdom.
President Tsai pointed out that the United Kingdom has long been a world leader in the global offshore wind development. Since commissioning its first offshore wind farm in 2000, the United Kingdom has now reached an installed capacity of 6.9 GW, the largest in the world, and has set an even more ambitious goal to reach 30 GW by 2030.
On renewable energy development, the president said, Taiwan has already substantially engaged with the international community, and has also established a solid mechanism for bilateral dialogue and exchange with the United Kingdom on green technology. At the first "Taiwan-UK Energy Dialogue" held in London this year, the two countries exchanged views on issues including offshore wind power, renewable energy, and energy storage. She looks forward to more cooperation opportunities in the future.
President Tsai pointed out that Taiwan is committed to developing renewable energy and building a nuclear free homeland. We are determined to become a nuclear free homeland, she said, and are on our way to achieving energy transformation and restructuring the energy industry. The ultimate goal is to decommission existing nuclear power plants by 2025 as scheduled, and to generate 20% of power from renewables. As solar and offshore wind power will take center stage in our renewable development, we also hope to learn from the successful experience of the United Kingdom in the development and transformation process.