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Focus 5

Strengthen aid application in renewable energy and

energy efficiency

n response to the international affect national development. To
Icall for improvement in energy address the issue of electricity
efficiency and use of renewable shortage, the TaiwanICDF helps
energy, in 2011, the TaiwanICDF par tner countries promote
initiated the Green Energy Special development of green energy
Fund, together with the European through investment, lending and
Bank for Reconstruction and technical assistance projects, so
Development (EBRD). Over the clean energy can be provided at
years, we made the most of Taiwan’s a reasonable cost, thus reducing
advantages in renewable energy greenhouse gas emissions.
and energy saving light-emitting For example, the Republic of the
diode (LED) technologies and Marshall Islands (RMI) is heavily
used this Fund to assist member dependent on imported diesel fuel The TaiwanICDF jointly established the Green
countries of EBRD to reduce energy for its energy supply, which has Energy Special Fund with EBRD to leverage
waste and increase energy use resulted in long-term economic Taiwan’s technical advantages in renewable
energies and LED energy-saving lighting
efficiency. burden and air pollution. To assist the
with the goal to improve energy efficiency
For example, we implemented RMI in replacing some diesel power in developing countries (picture of opening
LED lighting loan projects in with photovoltaics (PV), through ceremony of EBRD’s annual meeting).
Moldova in the northern Balkans the Marshall Islands Home Energy
in Europe and set up a landfill gas Efficiency and Renewable Energy
power generator in Jordan, turning Project, the TaiwanICDF is providing own diesel generator for electricity.
waste into renewable energy to households with access to loans, In Myanmar, over 70 percent of
reduce the country’s energy import allowing them to renovate wiring, rural areas have no electricity. In view
needs. buy energy-saving home appliances of this, the TaiwanICDF implemented
As well as collaborating with and install solar panels on their roofs the Solar PV Mini-Grid System for
international organizations, the to improve energy efficiency and Lighting in Myanmar Rural Areas,
TaiwanICDF also implemented reduce use of fossil fuel. using Taiwan’s advantages in the
renewable energy projects with To expand renewable energy use photovoltaics industry and the
allied and friendly countries, by and increase energy use efficiency, technical consulting services of the
providing clean energy solutions today’s power supply systems Industrial Technology Research
in the form of financing and new are developing in the direction of Institute (ITRI) to install solar power
technology. diversified sources. Compared to supply stations and mini-grid in
diesel fuel, photovoltaic energy remote villages, and designed a
Supporting renewable energy is subject to weather fluctuations power supply system with a payment
development in partner which can make supply unstable, collection mechanism to provide a
countries through financing and but it has advantages - it is more funding source to maintain the mini-
technology accessible and flexible in loads of grid’s operation. The objective is to
Many of our partners are less any sizes, can avoid energy losses provide the people in rural areas with
developed or small island countries and reduce transmission costs. As a an affordable and reliable electricity
that not only have difficulty meeting result it is a good alternative for small supply service and, in doing so,
their basic energy needs, but also island countries that are dependent strengthen the link to renewable
are more vulnerable to the impacts on diesel power and households in energy and energy efficiency in
of climate change, including extreme remote areas that are not connected foreign aid projects and echoing the
weather and rising sea levels which to the power grid and rely on their SDGs.

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