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Interview 2

Hu Yao-tsu, General Director, Green Energy and Environment
Research Laboratories, Industrial Technology Research Institute

Keeping abreast of global green energy trends
Actively cooperating with the TaiwanICDF and EBRD

The Industrial Technology cooperation with the TaiwanICDF, predicament, but also strengthens
Research Institute (ITRI) is a Hu Yao-tsu, General Director of bilateral friendships and creates
leading Taiwanese R&D institute in GEERE, was fully supportive of new business opportunities for our
applied technologies, comprising the organization’s efforts in recent green energy industry in emerging
teams of technical, legal and years to help the allied and friendly markets.”
financial expertise. On top of that countries through lending and He emphasizes that a new trend
it maintains close cooperation ties technical assistance programs to of green financing is sweeping
with Taiwanese industries in product pursue energy conservation and the globe. International financial
development and technology production, replace high energy institutions are now taking into
transfer, and therefore can play consumption electrical appliances account environmental factors
a role of cross-profession and and lights, renovate old circuits, when making investment and
cross-border technology matching and install on-grid solar power lending decisions; as such, potential
and knowledge exchange. The systems, as well as designing pilot environmental returns, risks and
TaiwanICDF commissioned ITRI power supply and tariff charging costs are integrated in the daily
to carry out surveys and feasibility mechanisms to assist partner operational assessment. EBRD and
studies for the Marshall Islands countries gradually move towards full other international development
Home Energy Efficiency and electrification. banks are devoted in this field and
Renewable Energy Project and Hu says that developing countries actively seeking technical partners to
the Solar PV Mini-Grid System lack access to energy sources. In assist with green energy investment
for Lighting in Myanmar Rural addition to the overall fiscal gaps that projects. This represents not just a
Areas. The technical solutions and prevent governments from building good entry point for the cooperation
operating models recommended power facilities and networks of between the TaiwanICDF and ITRI,
by ITRI have served as the basis in good standard, income constraints but is also a new stage on which
designing these projects. of local civilians also make updating Taiwan’s green energy industry can
old and low-efficiency power- unveil its full potential.
Cooperating with the generating equipment unaffordable,
TaiwanICDF to find a point of resulting in unnecessary energy
entry onto the international loss. When considering developing
stage green energy, governments are
For many years, the ITRI’s Green often deterred by the fact that the
Energy and Environment Research initial investment cost is higher than
Laboratories (GEERE) has been that required for traditional electricity
engaged in solar, wind, geothermal, generation (such as diesel), creating
marine, biomass, hydrogen and fuel a vicious cycle for less developed
cell energy development, as well as countries. Looking at the clean
energy conservation management energy projects in the Marshall
and energy storage system Islands and Myanmar, as well as
research, and cooperated with the Green Energy Special Fund
international development banks established by the TaiwanICDF and
to promote climate finance and EBRD, he says, “The TaiwanICDF’s
technical cooperation partnerships. promotion of these projects not
When talking about current only offers a solution to this energy

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