The APEC Workshop on Renewable Energy Promotion and
Pricing Mechanism was hosted by the Bureau of Energy,
Ministry of Economic Affairs on 26-27 September in San
Want Hotel in Taipei. It is aimed to establish a platform
for in-depth dialogue on energy policy and implementation
experience in APEC region. The workshop was opened by
the remarks delivered by the Deputy Minister of Economic
Affairs, Dr. Tzu-Chun Tu, followed by the presentations
of experts from Australia, Japan, Korea, China, the
Philippines, Thailand and Taiwan. The workshop was also
attended by officials from representative offices of
APEC economies in Taiwan, the five municipalities, central
government, and experts from industrial and academia
fields, with a total of nearly 110 participants.
Taiwan has long been engaged in APEC energy cooperation,
which, through regional policy dialogue and exchange
on energy issues, is aimed to promote integration of
energy development strategies of APEC economies and
to ensure that energy policies and projects in each
economy are in line with APEC’s goal of regional economic
and sustainable development. After two-day’s heated
discussion, participants agreed that APEC should work
together to establish an “efficient, transparent, reliable
and flexible” renewable energy promotion and pricing
mechanism, and to encourage private sector funding to
support and involve in the promotion of renewable energy
activities. Besides, in the roundtable session, participants
had in-depth discussion on every feasible plan to expand
renewable energy development in APEC region from the
perspectives of financing system, dialogue partnership,
resource connection and expert exchange.
The Bureau of Energy emphasized that a sound renewable
energy promotion and pricing mechanism will be the key
to sustainable development of renewable energy industry.
By hosting this workshop, Taiwan has successfully developed
in-depth policy dialogue on regional energy issues of
APEC, and, by promoting experience and information exchange
on renewable energy among APEC economies, Taiwan has
also strengthen its critical role in the initiation,
coordination and facilitation of APEC’s key energy issues.
It is anticipated that, besides technical cooperation,
Taiwan can further contribute to the connection of regional
renewable energy development strategies, to facilitate
regional application and development of renewable energy
and to strengthen its capability of participating in
global renewable energy issues.
Spokesperson for Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic
Affairs: Deputy Director-general, Wang Yunn-ming
Telephone number: 02-2773-4729 Mobile: 0910-216-359
Email:ymwang@moeaboe.gov.tw
Technical consultant: Section chief, Chern Jyuung-Shiauu
Telephone number: 02-2775-7714 Mobile: 0918-958-340
Email:jschern@moeaboe.gov.tw