News Briefing It is expected that the National Science and Technology Council (NSTC) will formulate 12 key strategies in view of reaching the goal of net zero carbon emissions for 2050 by the end of December, among which energy will be at the top of the list. It is planned for almost NT$2 trillion to be invested in photovoltaic and offshore wind-power generation from 2026 to 2030, and the goal is to increase the total installed capacity to 43.1 GW in 2030. In addition, it is also scheduled to have hydrogen energy to attain the demonstration target of 5% in terms of hydrogen-mixed power generation by 2030. Impact Analysis At the end of March this year, the NSTC released the "Net Zero Emissions Path and General Strategy Explanation by Taiwan for 2050", which is aimed at the four major areas for transformation, which are energy, industry, life, and society. The proposal has further drafted 12 key strategies, respectively, as wind-power generation and photovoltaics, hydrogen energy, forward-looking energy, power systems and energy storage, energy conservation, carbon capture, utilization and storage, motorization and de-carbonization of vehicles, resource recycling and zero waste, natural carbon sinks, green life of net-zero, green finance, and just transformation. Recently, the NSTC held the second committee meeting in coping with the goal of net zero by 2050, during which the net zero technology project was passed. For the contents of the project, it is estimated that NT$11.9 billion will be invested in science and technology in 2023 to develop hydrogen energy power-generation, storage and transportation technology for hydrogen energy and deep geothermal, and establish recycling and application mechanisms for key and strategic metal materials as lithium, nickel, gold, and rare earth. Today, net-zero carbon emission has already become a global trend for countries to move forwards. Since Taiwan is a key supply chain for global semiconductors, PCBs and other components, it has become a major task, and unavoidable for Taiwanese companies to go ahead toward net zero. As such, the Taiwan Printed Circuit Association (TPCA) launched the "PCB Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Strategy Research in Taiwan" this year, which points out that the PCB industry of Taiwan will have the opportunity to achieve the target of reducing carbon emissions by 30% in 2030, through opening up sources in the procurement and construction for renewable energy, as well as cost reduction, voluntary energy conservation and waste reduction by enterprises themselves. However, should Taiwan like to further achieve zero carbon emissions by 2050, it would then be necessary for it to find breakthrough new technologies, including energy storage, hydrogen energy and carbon capture, among others, which are all areas the government, legal persons, and private enterprises must actively invest resources into for research at this point of time.