2024-11-21

A seminar was held by Taiwan and France on industrial carbon reduction technology Nov. 13-14 in Paris, France, spotlighting government work to advance carbon neutral technology and energy transition with the EU member state.

The event was organized by academics from Hsinchu City-based Tsing Hua University and Taoyuan City-headquartered National Central University of Taiwan, as well as the University of Lorraine and Paris-based National Centre for Scientific Research from France, with support from Taiwan’s National Science and Technology Council and the French Office in Taipei. It was attended by nearly 40 academics, experts and officials from both sides.

The discussions focused on areas spanning net-zero emission policies; carbon capture, reuse and applications to biomass energy; ways to improve energy efficiency; as well as underground engineering technology, including carbon storage development, geothermal energy and natural white hydrogen exploration, and social governance. Officials from the French Ministry of Ecological Transition and Territorial Cohesion (MTECT) and the Ministry of Higher Education and Research also shared France’s energy policies and bilateral academic cooperation initiatives’ progress during the event.

According to the NSTC, the seminar was based on the Taiwan-France Science and Technology Cooperation Convention (STC) signed last November, and followed the science research meeting convened in April. The current seminar served as an exchange platform, the council said, adding that it expected to further joint research and industrial cooperation on carbon deduction and energy transformation.

The STC centered on bilateral cooperation in fields including artificial intelligence and cybersecurity; green industries, energy and net-zero; healthcare; marine technology; semiconductors and quantum; and space technology, the NSTC said, adding that the science research meeting further identified key issues in these fields.

Article courtesy of Taiwan Today