Bioresources and Energy Technology Lab - Integration of engineering technologies into bioresources utilization

Bioresources and Energy Technology Lab - Integration of engineering technologies into bioresources utilization

(a) Status of energy and environment in Taiwan
●High dependence on energy import: The dependence on imported energy is on the increasing trend from 95.84% in 1990 to 99.34% in 2008. On the other hand, the energy supply and energy consumption totaled 142.5 and 117.7 million kiloliters of oil equivalent (KLOE) in 2008, respectively, in contrast to 58.7 and 51.9 million KLOE in 1990, respectively.
●Increase in the total of carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions: The CO2 emission in 2008 was 256.97 million metric tons in contrast to 110.50 million metric tons in 1990. On average, annual growth rate was 4.80% from 1990 to 2008, which could be divided into two growth stages: 6.85% from 1990 to 2001, and 2.30% from 2001 to 2008.