Taiwan’s renewable energy power generation target has been delayed again, and public opinion says the authority’s credibility is approaching zero.

China News Service, Taipei, October 29. According to Taiwanese media reports on the 29th, the Taiwan authorities’ economic affairs department confirmed that the original target of achieving 20% ​​of Taiwan’s renewable energy power generation in November this year will be postponed to 2029, four years later than the originally set time. This is the second extension of the target. Public opinion pointed out that the credibility of the Democratic Progressive Party authorities has reached zero.

"Lianhe Daily" reported that in order to promote a "non-nuclear homeland", the DPP authorities proposed in 2016 an energy transformation goal of 50%, 30% and 20% of gas, coal-fired and renewable energy power generation in 2025. Because the development progress of renewable energy was not as good as expected, in 2022, Wang Meihua, then head of the "Ministry of Economic Affairs" of the authorities, announced that the target would be postponed to 2026. On October 28 this year, Gong Mingxin, the current head of the department, confirmed that the proportion of renewable energy power generation this year is expected to exceed 14%, and the 20% target has been postponed again to 2029.

"United Daily News" published an analysis article on the 29th, pointing out that the renewable energy target has been postponed again and again, proving that the slogan-style target set by the DPP only served a "non-nuclear homeland". After two "votes bounced", the credibility of the DPP authorities on energy policy has been infinitely close to zero.

The article criticized that in order to cover up the "bounced votes", the DPP authorities even tried to modify the evaluation standards, and even used "the denominator of the total power generation became larger" as an excuse for not meeting the standards.

The article quoted experts' opinions and pointed out that Taiwan's environment is not suitable for large-scale development of green energy. The Democratic Progressive Party authorities still invest a lot of resources, resulting in frequent chaos and controversy such as offshore wind power. Malpractices arising from green power development are common, and the environment is sacrificed.