Taiwan's Energy Challenges — Taiwan Insight / University of Nottingham
I published an opinion piece in Taiwan Insight, the academic journal of the University of Nottingham’s Taiwan Research Hub — one of the leading English-language research platforms dedicated to Taiwan.
The article examines Taiwan’s structural vulnerability in energy supply: 97 to 98% of its primary energy is imported, and its strategic LNG reserves barely cover two weeks of consumption. It analyzes the political and security dimensions of the island’s post-nuclear transition, the debate over restarting closed reactors following a 2025 legislative amendment, and the explosion in electricity demand driven by TSMC operations and the rise of AI investments. Taiwan’s energy choices are treated not as simple environmental decisions, but as national security imperatives in the face of Chinese military pressure.