Wind farm development in Australia and Taiwan

Government and renewable energy Industry leadership in energy transition – a comparative study of offshore wind energy development in Australia and Taiwan

Abstract

The aim of this research is to study the relationship between the government and renewable business sector and its impact on energy transition in Australia and Taiwan. Transforming resources into biomass and renewable energy through the development of innovation and technology has been used as a growing significance for both the countries. Such transformation is one of the crucial mechanism to reach the Intended Nationally Determined Contributions (INDC) in the Paris Agreement and respective domestic targets. However, meeting carbon dioxide emissions reduction targets through renewable energy in Australia and Taiwan poses a great challenge and sustainable energy transition is not guaranteed.   By comparing the two fundamentally different economies in normative and socio-political contexts, this investigation will draw upon the themes to address challenges of renewable energy policy deployment and energy transition. 

Meet the researcher – Amy Lin

Qualifications: BA Political Science and International Relations (University of Pretoria), MA Political Science and International Relations (UNSW)

Amy Lin (Bush)

Yu-Chieh Amy Lin grew up in the countryside in Taiwan and South Africa. She is passionate about nature, the environment and climate change. Amy is currently undertaking a PhD program to critically analyse energy transition and development of offshore wind power in Australia and Taiwan. By comparing the two fundamentally different economies in normative and socio-political contexts, Amy hopes this research will draw upon the themes to address challenges of renewable energy policy deployment and energy transition. Amy has previously worked in sustainability and has a paper published on government policy and climate change. During her spare time, she enjoys hiking, rock climbing and photography.  

 

Amy's favourite quote:

Our people are bound up with the future of our land. Our national renewal depends upon the way we treat our land, our water, our sources of energy, and the air we breathe ... Let us restore our country in a way that satisfies our descendants as well as ourselves.
– Nelson Mandela

Email:   yu-chieh.lin@student.uts.edu.au
Principal supervisor: Associate Professor James Goodman
Co-supervisor: Associate Professor Devleena Ghosh

Acknowledgement of Country

UTS acknowledges the Gadigal people of the Eora Nation, the Boorooberongal people of the Dharug Nation, the Bidiagal people and the Gamaygal people, upon whose ancestral lands our university stands. We would also like to pay respect to the Elders both past and present, acknowledging them as the traditional custodians of knowledge for these lands.