Green taxes Compared with Germany, where the authorities are vigorously promoting renewable energy and are willing to buy electricity from private producers at high prices, there is clearly still room for improvement in Taiwan's approach. Uncertainty as to purchase price and quantity will also discourage private enterprises that are interested in generating electricity from renewables, and make it difficult for them to borrow the funds they need from banks.
綠色租稅和大力推動再生能源、願意以高價向民間收購電能的德國相比，台灣的作法顯然還有改進空間，而收購價與量的不確定，會讓有意進行再生能源發電的民間企業卻步，也不容易向銀行貸到所需資金。