ITRI’s chief calls for efficient management of Taiwan’s energy resources
ITRI’s chief calls for efficient management of Taiwan’s energy resources
2025-09-18
With the shutdown of Taiwan’s last remaining nuclear power plant in May, the government met its goal of having a nuclear-free homeland. Still, there have since been persistent worries in the business community that Taiwan could face power shortages. Edwin Liu, the president of the government’s tech incubator, the Industrial Technology Research Institute or ITRI, recently appeared on FTV’s “News Observation” program. Liu, an energy expert, said no option could be ruled out and called for efficient management of existing power resources. Let’s hear more.
ITRI President Edwin Liu recently appeared in an FTV program. Taiwan has reached a government goal of having a nuclear-free homeland by 2025 and is facing a critical time in its energy transition. Liu stressed that no option could be ruled out.
Edwin Liu
ITRI President
There’s only so much land and we can’t put up too many solar panels. Or if you consider the level of risk, for example nuclear power is relatively risky, then we’ll give this a lower priority. This is optimizing the situation given constraints. We have these restrictions and conditions and we’ll find the best solution. If we can’t find a solution, we’ll relax the constraints a little bit, and then find a solution. This is a mathematical model, so I think this is a very professional matter and we can’t rule out any options.
Taiwan’s geography and environment gives it an advantage in the development of renewable energy. However, there has been constant talk of power shortages. Liu used a spot-on metaphor to explain this.
Edwin Liu
ITRI President
Whether you have a shortage of electricity is like whether you have a shortage of cash. Whether you have a shortage of electricity – or not -- all depends on how you use it. Using electricity is not about using it frugally. Rather it is all about how it is managed. One kilowatt-hour of electricity should have the efficiency of one kilowatt-hour of electricity. That is to say, if you generate one kilowatt-hour of electricity and waste half of it, you will complain that electricity generation is insufficient.
Liu, an energy specialist, has led ITRI to win numerous awards during his tenure. He hopes to continue promoting the development of market-oriented research and development in the future and ultimately fulfill ITRI’s goal of assisting with Taiwan’s industrial transformation.
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非核家園能源轉型 工研院長劉文雄:不能排除任何選項
2025-09-18
核三在2025除役，台灣進入非核家園，工研院長劉文雄受邀上民視「新聞觀測站」專訪，談能源轉型，他表示「不能排除任何選項」，更形容「缺不缺電就像缺不缺錢一樣，看你怎麼用」，重點是要發揮每度電最大效益。他也力推虛擬電廠，大量使用民間可能電源，達到資源整合。
工研院長劉文雄，受邀上節目，台灣進入非核家園，面臨能源轉型關鍵時刻，他強調，不能排除任何選項。
[[工研院長 劉文雄]]
“土地就這麼多，你不可能放太多光電板，或是說，你對於這個危險度，像核電就比較危險，我們就會把它的優先性往下放，這是有限制條件下的最佳化，就是我有這些限制條件，我找到一個最佳答案，當你找不到答案的時候，你要把你限制條件稍微放鬆一點，你就找到答案了，這個就是一個數學模型，所以我覺得這是非常專業的一件事情，所以我們不能排除任何的選項”
台灣地理環境優勢，適宜發展再生能源，缺電之說，卻頻繁聽到，劉文雄對此有絕妙比喻。
[[工研院長 劉文雄]]
“缺不缺電就好像你缺不缺錢一樣，缺不缺電，看你怎麼用電，所以用電不是節衣縮食，而是你怎麼去管理它，1度電要有1度電的效益，就是說你發1度電出來，你把它浪費掉半度，你再嫌說你的發電不夠”
能源專長出身的劉文雄，任內率領工研院獲獎無數，他期許未來繼續推動發展以市場為導向的研發，最終達到協助台灣產業轉型目標。
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