Top power engineering talents honored with awards

Top power engineering talents honored with awards

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On Wednesday, the Liu Shu-sheng Memorial Award was awarded to outstanding power engineers with demonstrated contributions to enhancing grid resilience. Their achievements cannot be understated in the age of AI and energy transition.

The award recipients are handed trophies and posing for a photo. One of them is an R&D engineer from China Steel, demonstrating the breadth of industries and expertise involved in grid engineering.

Lin Che-ming
China Steel engineer
Under the same electrical conditions, some equipment can run just fine, while other equipment can’t. That got me curious. Also, under the same conditions, some equipment was particularly efficient. I got interested in diving into these challenges and research questions in electrical engineering because of these observations.

Grid talents have become more important than ever, with the increasingly uptake of AI, which requires a stable and ample source of electricity. Even more so, with rumors of a US$500 million data center to be invested in Taoyuan. This year, the Taiwan Power and Energy Engineering Association is honoring engineers of TSMC, Delta Electronics, China Steel and Taipower with the Liu Shu-sheng Memorial Award.

Edwin Liu
Taiwan Power and Energy Engineering Association
We hope that those who are already serving in electricity and energy-related fields can continue to make contributions. These prizes should certainly encourage all of us across society, whether in industry, academia or government to continue to promote energy transition.

The prizes aim to encourage more young talents to join the power industry and promote energy transition, as well as build a resilient grid that could support the development of AI.

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電力工程協會領軍育才盼助台灣電力永續發展

2025-11-20

隨著AI發展帶動用電飆升，電力人才越來越搶手！週三電力工程協會舉辦「電網人才劉書勝紀念獎」頒獎，表揚來自台積電、台達電、中鋼、台電等企業的優秀電力人才，激勵他們持續投入市場，成為推動能源轉型的關鍵力量。

台上頒獎、致詞合影，來自中鋼的得獎者畢業後不是跑去高科技業，而是選擇投入電力產業，成績也獲得認可。

[[得獎者中鋼林哲民]]
“同樣的電力狀況之下，有些設備能運轉，有些設備不能運轉，我很好奇為什麼，另外同樣的電力狀況之下，有些設備運轉起來效率特別好。當初會因為這些挑戰跟這些問題，還有這些困惑，讓我願意投入，更深入研究電力領域這個區塊。”

隨著AI帶動用電需求，電力人才也越來越搶手！電力工程協會舉辦「劉書勝紀念獎」，表揚台積電、台達電、中鋼、台電等優秀電力人才，加上近期美商也傳出砸 5 億美元在桃園設資料中心，供電量穩定及電網韌性人才需求，也更強勁。

[[台灣電力與能源工程協會理事長劉文雄]]
“已經就職了，希望他們已經進入了電力能源領域，能夠繼續在這個領域裡面貢獻，那我想這樣子兩個獎項，將對這個社會人才，電力人才的這個鼓勵，能夠有一個連續的作用，從產業界、從學術界，還有從我們的政府方面，都可以積極的推動我們的能源轉型。”

協會透過頒發獎項和獎學金，鼓勵更多青年投入電力產業，希望推動能源轉型，也提供AI發展最重要的能源需求。

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