After the earthquake on April 3 this year, coupled with several power outages since April 16, the issue of power shortage has once again aroused heated discussion. Therefore, the “TRENA Taiwan Renewable Energy Promotion Alliance” announced the use of green electricity by Taiwan’s top 30 electricity consumers and found that many semiconductors have not announced their electricity consumption in Taiwan. However, according to the information industry that has been disclosed so far, the traditional industry Donghe The construction of steel green power facilities and the use of green power are not far behind others, accounting for the highest proportion among all industries in this survey, which symbolizes that Taiwan Chuan also has the ability to transform energy.
According to the evaluation of the use of green electricity by Taiwan’s top 30 large electricity consumers, TRENA said that although Donghe Steel is a traditional industry, the construction of green electricity facilities and the use of green electricity are not far behind. The company’s green electricity usage accounts for the highest proportion in the country. This survey ranks first among all industry categories; in addition, Asia Cement’s information disclosure and follow-up letter responses are detailed and complete, and it has good performance in the field of waste heat power generation. This result symbolizes that Taiwan’s high-emission traditional industries also have the ability to play their part in the energy transition process under the net-zero emission policy.
However, TRENA also pointed out the difficulties in producing this report. Most semiconductor industries only disclose the company’s global power consumption and green power facility construction status, but do not disclose the total power consumption and green power usage “in Taiwan”. Situation (TSMC, UMC, Micron, Power Semiconductor, AUO, ASE). After asking the company and the Energy Administration of the Ministry of Economic Affairs, they were unwilling to provide relevant information.
From the perspective of private supervision, the Energy Department has not disclosed information about large electricity consumers, and has no way of knowing it from the companies’ own sustainability reports. This not only infringes on the public’s right to know about the environmental costs of companies, but also makes it difficult to accelerate public power through public forces. The progress of large electricity users in fulfilling their legal obligations has caused China’s energy transformation to lag behind, and the chances of achieving the 10% carbon emission reduction target by 2025 are slim.
And as far as the current regulations are concerned, only listed companies with a paid-in capital of 2 billion yuan are required to compile a sustainability report. In other words, for unlisted companies and large electricity consumers with a capital of less than 2 billion yuan, Volkswagen is completely The inability to know the relevant data on the company’s electricity consumption, and the Department of Energy’s delay in publishing the review report, is a disguised form of connivance for large companies to delay the performance of their obligations.
Therefore, TRENA appealed to the Energy Department that the review time for large electricity users has already expired, far exceeding the legal deadline. Even if an increase in electricity tariffs is announced recently, it is still the duty to review past electricity consumption information. A review report for large electricity users should be submitted as soon as possible. A reasonable explanation to the public.
Based on the evaluation of the use of green electricity by the top 30 electricity consumers in Taiwan, TRENA said that although Donghe Steel is a traditional industry, it does not lag behind in the construction of green power facilities and the use of green electricity.Photo: Taiwan Renewable Energy Promotion Alliance/Provided
