Premier Wu Den-yih (吳敦義) yesterday said the government planned to make Green Island (綠島) a low-carbon emission model.
“After reviewing the results on Green Island, we’ll promote the idea in other parts of Taiwan,” he said at an energy conservation show to mark World Environment Day.
Vice Minister of Economic Affairs Hwang Jung-chiou (黃重球) said that aside from Green Island, the low-carbon island project would cover three other outlying islands — Siaoliouciou (小琉球), Penghu and Kinmen.
Wu also said that the government would push energy conservation and carbon emission cuts in both the public and private sectors this year.
He said the administration would start by focusing on public infrastructure. As an example, he said, the administration had begun to replace light bulbs normally used in traffic lights with LEDs in the past two years, adding that there were only three or four cities that have yet to replace their traffic lights.
“By 2011, all traffic lights will be using LEDs,” the premier said.
The government will also encourage the development of renewable energy, solar power, LEDs, biomass energy, wind power and electric cars and motorcycles, he added.
Wu said major carbon emitters, such as Taiwan Power Co, CPC Corp, Taiwan, Formosa Plastics and China Steel, should replace aging equipment to enhance energy efficiency and cut carbon emissions.
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