Electricity crisis in Taiwan
*Please note that this report only includes an Excel data file if this is indicated in "What's included" below
Report summary
Table of contents
- Key takeaways
- Major blackout highlights system vulnerability
- Electricity capacity has been stretched to the limits
- Artificially low power prices are distorting the market
- Opposition to nuclear is compounding issues
- Power market structure is also to blame
- President Tsai feeling the heat over energy policy
Tables and charts
This report includes the following images and tables:
- Electricity crisis in Taiwan: Image 1
- Taipower's daily reserve capacity and margin (June-July 2017)
- Number of days with reserve margin <=6%
- Taiwan monthly power demand
- Taipower's peak load
- Taiwan's nuclear capacity
- Taipowers' power generation capacity, as of July 2017
- IPPs' power generation capacity, as of July 2017
- Cogens' power generation capacity, as of July 2017
- Taipower's capacity additions by the end of 2017
What's included
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