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Taiwan Makes the Majority of the World’s Computer Chips. Now It’s Running Out of Electricity

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As the age of energy-hungry artificial intelligence dawns, Taiwan is facing a multifaceted energy crisis.

It depends heavily on imported fossil fuels, it has ambitious clean energy targets that it is failing to meet, and it can barely keep up with current demand.

Taiwan ’s energy dilemma is a combination of national security, climate, and political challenges.

Last year , Taiwan ’s power sector was 83 percent dependent on fossil fuel.

Coal accounted for 42 percent of generation, natural gas 40 percent , and oil 1 percent .

Nuclear supplied 6 percent , solar, wind, hydro, and biomass together nearly 10 percent .

Progress on renewables has been slow for a number of reasons.

The shuttered reactors have not yet been decommissioned, possibly because, in addition to its other difficulties, Taiwan has run out of waste storage capacity.

The fuel rods remain in place because there is nowhere else to put them.

In 2018 , a majority opposed the nuclear shutdown in a referendum, but the government continues to insist its policy will not change.

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