Secondly, says Shih, compared with traditional energy sources, the cost of power generation from renewables is still too high, and the small scale of the various demonstration projects in Taiwan makes them even less economically viable. Thus what private individuals and enterprises wishing to try their hand at renewables most need is government incentives in the form of subsidies and energy purchasing schemes.
其次，比起傳統能源，目前再生能源的發電成本仍然太高，國內各示範點因規模不大，經濟效益更低，因此對有意嘗試再生能源發電的民間用戶或企業來說，最需要的就是政府的補貼與收購誘因。