Editing Geography of Taiwan (section)

=== Energy resources ===
{{Main|Energy in Taiwan}}
[[File:Wind power-Kaumei.jpg|thumb|[[Wind turbine]]s in [[Taichung]]]]

Taiwan has significant coal deposits and some insignificant [[petroleum]] and [[natural gas]] deposits. {{As of|2010}}, [[Petroleum|oil]] accounts for 49.0% of the total energy consumption. [[Coal]] comes next with 32.1%, followed by [[nuclear power|nuclear energy]] with 8.3%, [[natural gas]] (indigenous and liquefied) with 10.2%, and energy from renewable sources with 0.5%. Taiwan has [[List of nuclear reactors#Taiwan|six nuclear reactors]] and two under construction.<ref>''[http://www.moeaboe.gov.tw/Download/opengovinfo/Plan/all/files/EnergyStatisticalDataBook.pdf Energy Statistics Handbook] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120425015051/http://www.moeaboe.gov.tw/Download/opengovinfo/Plan/all/files/EnergyStatisticalDataBook.pdf|date=25 April 2012 }}'', Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs, 2010.</ref> Nearly all oil and gas for transportation and power needs must be imported, making Taiwan particularly sensitive to fluctuations in energy prices. Taiwan is rich in [[Wind power|wind energy]] resources, with wind farms both onshore and offshore, though limited land area favours offshore wind resources.<ref>{{cite web |title=Taiwan's Energy Policy and Supply-Demand Situation |publisher=Bureau of Energy, Ministry of Economic Affairs |url=http://www.moeaboe.gov.tw/About/webpage/book_en3/index.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120522100548/http://www.moeaboe.gov.tw/About/webpage/book_en3/index.htm |archive-date=22 May 2012 |df=dmy}}</ref> By promoting renewable energy, Taiwan's government hopes to also aid the nascent renewable energy manufacturing industry, and develop it into an export market.{{Citation needed|date=September 2011}}