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Can wind power cover Taiwan's energy needs?

January 30, 2013

Currently, this busy island imports fossil fuels for power, but it's slowly turning to renewables.

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Currently, this busy island imports fossil fuels for power, but it's slowly turning to renewables.

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Ideasforacoolerworld # Windkraft in Taiwan # Langfassung # 28.01.2013

Ideasforacoolerworld # Windkraft in Taiwan # Langfassung # 28.01.2013

Taiwan's massive energy consumption is fed largely by imported fossil fuels. Statistically the island nation is responsible for one percent of the worldwide CO2 emissions. Now Taiwan wants to break with tradition and instead use something the island has in abundance: wind.
BusinessJanuary 28, 201307:17 min