Since the Kyoto Protocol took effect in 2005, the value of solar energy production worldwide has risen by an average of 35 % per year. Export-oriented Taiwan has been on fire, with several large companies jumping on the solar power bandwagon. Total production value in the up-, mid-, and downstream sectors skyrocketed from NT $ 6 billion or so in 2005 to NT $ 90 billion in 2008.
2005 年京都議定書生效後，全球太陽能產值平均每年成長 35 %，以輸出為導向的台灣產業日益火紅，各大企業紛紛趕搭太陽能列車，上中下游產值從 2005 年的六十幾億台幣飆升到 2008 年的 900 億。