DOUBTS CAST ON TAIWAN’S NUCLEAR PHASE-OUT TIMETABLE
June 1st, 2016
WHILE Taiwan saw a change of power on May 20, giving the presidency and a comfortable legislative majority to a Democratic Progressive Party (DPP) elected on a pledge to phase-out nuclear power by 2025, observers doubt that the new government will make good on its promise.
With nuclear power currently accounting for approximately 20% of the island’s electricity mix, an unusually hot summer in combination with the deactivation of two out of Taiwan’s six reactors brings electricity reserve margins down to around 3% on any given day. So, it has become clearer ...
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