Daisy Chuang

In an interview with RECCESSARY, newly appointed President Yu Chun-wei (余俊緯) outlined the company’s next stage of development, including plans for international expansion and ambitions to enter new sectors.

Taiwan’s government is considering a mechanism to separate surplus electricity from renewable energy certificates (RECs), under which excess power would flow back to the grid free of charge while developers retain the certificates for separate allocation.

Taiwan’s geothermal resources have long been seen as a key pillar of its renewable energy strategy. However, policy targets have shifted repeatedly.

The recent disruption in plastic supply triggered by conflict in the Middle East has exposed not only society’s deep reliance on single use plastics, but also the practical limits of long-standing reduction policies.

Taiwan President Lai Ching-te (賴清徳) has recently proposed restarting the No. 2 and No. 3 nuclear power plants, placing the island, which had been moving toward a nuclear-free future, back at an energy crossroads.

Under the dual pressures of energy security and the net zero transition, Japan is placing a major bet on offshore wind, targeting up to 45 GW of installed capacity by 2040.

Japan aims to raise the share of renewable energy in its power mix to 40% to 50% by 2040, with solar playing a central role at 23% to 29%.

Among the 17 priority sectors in Japan’s national growth strategy, energy stands out as a key pillar of industrial competitiveness. Within this, hydrogen is identified alongside green steel and perovskite solar cells as a critical technology.