It was in 1989 that the Central Weather Bureau (CWB) commissioned the Industrial Technology Research Institute's Energy and Resources Laboratories to evaluate and plan the installation of a solar power system to be used at high altitudes.
直到一九八九年，中央氣象局為推動測報業務自動化，委託工研院能源與資源研究所，評估並規劃、承製了一套高山用的太陽能系統。