As part of its efforts to promote solar power , the Cabinet in October 2017 stimulus package to subsidize the construction and design of solar panel installations on residential rooftops , to be implemented in 2018 . The package covers 40 percent of construction costs and 100 percent of design costs until 2020 . Furthermore , the government lifted restrictions on illegal solar structures , allowing owners to keep the panels . According to Minister of Economic Affairs Shen Jong-chin ( 沈榮津 ) , the plan seeks to cover 100 percent of the construction costs of public solar power stations in remote and Aboriginal areas . However , Taiwan 's Bureau of Energy said Wednesday stated the government would only cover 50 percent of the costs " in remote areas . " The first hydro power plant in Taiwan was built in 1905 during the Japanese rule of Taiwan . Because of environmental concern , the construction of large hydro power plants are no longer planned , thus the trend moves to constructing small hydro power plants . In June 1995 , Taipower and Water Resources Agency of the Ministry of Economic Affairs completed an investigation to determine the potential of hydro power in Taiwan . The research concluded that there is a potential of 11,730 MW theoretical hydro energy capacity , while the feasible capacity is 5,000 MW . Since 2001 , contribution of electricity from hydro power has decreased due to the aftermath of the 1999 Jiji earthquake
1999 Jiji earthquake
1999 Jiji earthquake
Renewable energy in Taiwan