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Overview of Industrial

Development

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Taiwan, as a world leader in resource recycling, is similar to
many European countries in terms of the high population density and
lack of resources. Therefore, it has made significant investments in
environmental protection over the past 20 years. In 2019, Taiwan's
industrial waste reuse rate reached 80% and the output value of the
resource recycling industry was NT$73.4 billion. In addition, there have
been many successful cases of industrial symbiosis.

Taiwan began preparing to integrate energy and resources for
industrial parks in 2009 and achieved significant results in ecological
and recycling industrial parks. Kaohsiung Linhai Industrial Park is
Taiwan's most successful industry symbiosis case study to date. Plans
for regional energy integration with China Steel as the core have been
implemented since 1993. China Steel uses a cogeneration system and
recycled waste heat to produce steam. It works with 14 companies to
create an energy cycle that includes the supply of byproducts such
as steam, oxygen, nitrogen, and argon, which increase the usage
efficiency of energy and water. These resources were provided for
the company's own use and supplied to nearby petrochemical firms,
chemicals firms, and downstream steel makers to achieve significant
energy and resource integration, thus achieving the following: 2 million
tons/year in energy resource linkage, reduced fuel consumption by
122,000 tons, and reduced carbon dioxide emissions by 378,000 tons.

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