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# Two North Sea storage updates: Norway to give storage developers more time, Eni completes the Douglas CCS platform in the UK

Norway's energy minister says CO₂ storage licence holders will get more time. In Liverpool Bay, Eni has installed Douglas CCS, the first offshore platform built for industrial CCS. The network is about 50% complete, with first injection expected in 2028.

In early October there were two developments in North Sea CO₂ storage. Norway is adjusting the timelines for storage licences, and an offshore storage project in Liverpool Bay, UK, reached a major construction milestone. Both concern how offshore storage is matched with emitters.


1. Norway: more time for storage licences


Developing a CO₂ storage site is similar to an oil and gas field. The government issues a licence, and the developer must complete exploration, drilling and an investment decision under a work programme with deadlines.


EnergyWatch reported on 9 October that Norway's energy minister will give storage developers more time. In his view, new storage capacity is not needed until European emitters can supply CO₂.[1] The report also says Equinor wants to fill the Northern Lights site at Øygarden before moving to new projects. In September, Equinor asked for three more years before deciding on an exploration well for a North Sea storage project.[1][2]


Earlier, in March 2026, Norway's Ministry of Energy put amendments to the storage regulations out for consultation until 5 June. The draft would merge exploration and exploitation licences into a single licence covering exploration, development and operation, with milestones in the work programme at which the licensee decides whether to continue or surrender the licence.[3][4] The design is close to Norway's petroleum licensing system.


The background is the EU Net-Zero Industry Act, which requires the EU to have at least 50 million tonnes a year of CO₂ injection capacity by 2030. The EU also wants oil and gas producers to build large storage capacity.[1][5] Norway's approach is to let storage development keep pace with actual progress on capture projects.


A CO₂ receiving terminal on the Norwegian coast (AI-generated illustration)
2. UK: Douglas CCS platform installed


Eni CCUS Holding, a joint venture of Eni and Global Infrastructure Partners, part of BlackRock, announced on 8 October that the Douglas CCS platform in Liverpool Bay has been installed. Eni says it is the world's first offshore platform built specifically for CCS for industrial decarbonisation.[6]


The platform is the offshore hub of the Liverpool Bay CO₂ transport and storage system, the backbone of the HyNet industrial cluster in North West England. It will receive CO₂ captured at industrial sites in North West England and North Wales and send it through existing offshore pipelines, repurposed for CO₂, to depleted gas reservoirs for permanent storage.[6]


Key figures:[6][7]



Delivered in under 18 months from contract award.


A 1,885-tonne topside, a 1,755-tonne jacket and eight piles weighing 730 tonnes in total.


The whole Liverpool Bay CCS network is about 50% complete.


About 60% of project spending goes to UK supply chains, supporting over 2,000 construction jobs and about 200 to 300 long-term roles over more than 25 years of operation.



A timeline compiled by decarbonfuse shows first CO₂ injection expected in 2028.[8]


A repurposed pipeline carries CO₂ into a depleted gas field (AI-generated illustration)
3. Directions Taiwan can consider



Licences with milestones: Norway's single licence with milestones lets developers advance in step with emitters while giving the government regular review points.


Reuse oil and gas assets: Liverpool Bay repurposes gas pipelines and uses depleted gas fields for storage. Taiwan can assess similar reuse of its developed offshore gas fields and pipelines.


Plan transport and storage by cluster: HyNet lets several emitters in one region share a single transport and storage system, an approach that suits Taiwan's coastal industrial zones.



For background, see ccs.tw's coverage of Germany's cross-border CO₂ storage, the opening of Yara Sluiskil and the Global Status of CCS report launch.


Several coastal emitters share one offshore hub (AI-generated illustration)
References



EnergyWatch, Norway to give CO₂ storage developers more time as carbon capture stalls (2026-10-09). https://energywatch.com/EnergyNews/ccs/article19719788.ece


EnergyWatch, Equinor asks for process extension on CO2 storage project in the North Sea (2026-09-04). https://energywatch.com/EnergyNews/Oil___Gas/article19611213.ece


Norwegian Ministry of Energy, Høring – forslag til endringer i lagringsforskriften (2026-03-09). https://www.regjeringen.no/no/dokumenter/horing-forslag-til-endringer-i-lagringsforskriften/id3151621/


Thommessen, The Ministry of Energy proposes amendments to the Storage Regulations. https://www.thommessen.no/en/news/the-ministry-of-energy-proposes-amendments-to-the-storage-regulations


ccs.tw, EU funding of about €120 million for pre-commercial CCS testing. https://ccs.tw/notes/eu-ccs-precommercial


Eni, Eni CCUS Holding: Liverpool Bay CCS completes the installation of the world's first offshore platform dedicated to CO₂ transportation and storage (2026-10-08). https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2026/10/eni-ccus-holding-liverpool-bay-ccs.html


Oil & Gas Journal, Eni CCUS Holding completes CCS platform installation (2026-10-08). https://www.ogj.com/energy-transition/news/55410615/eni-ccus-holding-completes-ccs-platform-installation


decarbonfuse, Eni's Douglas Platform Sets the Offshore CCS Blueprint. https://decarbonfuse.com/posts/eni-s-douglas-platform-sets-the-offshore-ccs-blueprint




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Source: Carbon capture and storage newsletter (Future Energy Publishing) — https://www.eni.com/en-IT/media/press-release/2026/10/eni-ccus-holding-liverpool-bay-ccs.html

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# Carbon credit retirements fell 9% in Q3 2026 while the average price rose to $6.92, with higher-rated credits priced higher

Sylvera data show 30.6 million voluntary carbon credits retired in Q3 2026, down 9% year on year, while total value rose to $211.8 million and the average price to $6.92. Investment-grade credits were 18% of rated volume but 42% of value.

Carbon credit ratings firm Sylvera published its Q3 2026 market data on 5 October. Carbon Market Journal issue 87 led with the same data under the headline that fewer credits are selling at higher prices as buyers pay for quality.[1][2] This note summarises the main figures and what they mean.


1. Key terms


When a company uses a carbon credit to offset its emissions, it retires the credit on a registry, meaning the tonne has been used and cannot be resold. Retirements are therefore a common measure of actual demand.


A rating is a third-party judgement of credit quality: whether the reduction happened because of the project (additionality), whether it could be reversed (permanence) and whether the accounting is conservative. Sylvera rates from AAA to D, and BBB or above is investment grade.


2. Q3 figures



Retirements: 30.6 million credits, down 9% from 33.7 million a year earlier. Year to date: 130.3 million, slightly above 129.1 million in the same period of 2025.[1]


Total value: $211.8 million, up from $190.6 million. Year to date: $798 million, up 14%.[1]


Average price: $6.92 per credit, compared with $5.66 a year earlier. Year to date: $6.12, compared with $5.40.[1]



Fewer credits were retired but more money was spent, so buyers paid more per credit on average.


Forest-based carbon credit projects (AI-generated illustration)
3. Quality and price


Among rated retirements, investment-grade credits made up 18% of volume but 42% of value.[1] Price differences by project type:[1]



Afforestation, reforestation and revegetation (ARR): BBB+ averaged $23.47 and BB or below $12.80, about 1.83 times, a ratio near two that has held every quarter since Q1 2025.


Improved forest management (IFM): the gap between high and low ratings widened from $5.76 a year ago to $8.28.


REDD+ (reducing emissions from deforestation and forest degradation): BBB+ prices rose 58% in a year, from $4.90 to $7.75, and the gap nearly doubled.



Renewable energy credits were the largest category in Q3, at 41% of retirements. Sylvera rates all grid-connected renewable projects C or below because their additionality is generally assessed as weak. As a result, B, C and D credits made up 66.1% of Q3 retirements, about three quarters of which were renewables.[1] Sylvera also notes that renewable credit retirements have fallen each year since 2022, and their higher share this quarter mainly reflects lower volumes in other categories.[1]


Higher-rated credits command higher prices (AI-generated illustration)
4. Long-term offtake


Besides spot retirements, companies sign multi-year offtake agreements to secure future carbon removals. Announced offtakes in the first three quarters of 2026 totalled 32.7 million tonnes, down 53% from 70 million, mainly because Microsoft bought less. Excluding Microsoft, volumes rose from 8 million to 23 million tonnes, almost three times. Woodside ranked second at 6.6 million tonnes and Alphabet third at 3.46 million.[1]


Companies buy carbon removals through multi-year contracts (AI-generated illustration)
5. Directions Taiwan can consider



Include ratings in procurement: prices for one tonne can differ by a factor of two across ratings. Writing rating or quality thresholds into procurement rules helps with budgeting and disclosure.


Note how renewable credits are viewed: international ratings are cautious about grid-connected renewable credits, so companies can give priority to other types when offsetting.


Consider long-term contracts: more buyers outside the tech sector are using multi-year contracts to secure removals, a reference for Taiwanese companies planning needs beyond 2030.



For Taiwan's carbon pricing, see ccs.tw's note on the carbon fee and ETS dual track. For international credit quality rules, see baselines and cookstove credits under the UN carbon market and a Taiwanese pre-purchase of Guatemalan bamboo credits.


References



Sylvera, Sylvera Carbon Market Data Snapshot Q3 2026 (2026-10-05). https://www.sylvera.com/blog/q3-2026-carbon-data-snapshot


CarbonCredits.com, Carbon Market Journal #87: Fewer Carbon Credits, Higher Prices: Buyers Pay for Quality (2026-10-10).


Carbon Herald, Sylvera Report: Carbon Credit Retirements Fall 9% As Prices Rise In Q3 2026. https://carbonherald.com/sylvera-report-carbon-credit-retirements-fall-9-as-prices-rise-in-q3-2026/



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Source: Sylvera Carbon Market Data Snapshot Q3 2026 — https://www.sylvera.com/blog/q3-2026-carbon-data-snapshot

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# PJM, the largest US grid, cleared 6.8 GW less than its reliability requirement, with data center growth a main driver

PJM's 2028/2029 capacity auction cleared at the $325/MW-day cap and secured 6,831 MW less than its reliability requirement. Data centers raised the load forecast. PJM is pursuing a one-time backstop procurement and matching large loads directly with new generation.

PJM Interconnection is the largest wholesale electricity market and grid operator in the United States, covering 13 states.[1][2] As AI data centers multiply, PJM's demand forecast has risen quickly, and its last two capacity auctions did not secure enough capacity to meet the reliability requirement. Factor This's policy podcast discussed the reform options in October.[3]


1. What a capacity market is


Besides buying the electricity used now, a grid must make sure there will be enough generating capability at peak times several years ahead. PJM holds an annual capacity auction, buying commitments about three years in advance from power plants, storage and demand-side resources to be available when needed. Customers pay the cost.


2. The 2028/2029 auction


PJM published the results for the 2028/2029 delivery year in July:[1][4]



The auction cleared 138,318 MW. With capacity committed by utilities outside the auction, the total was 149,182 MW.


This is 6,831 MW, or about 6.8 GW, below PJM's reliability requirement of one loss-of-load event in ten years. The previous auction was about 6,500 MW short, and these were the first two auctions in which the whole PJM region fell below the requirement.


The clearing price was $325/MW-day, the cap approved by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), for a total of about $16.4 billion.



PJM says a shortfall does not mean the system will be unable to serve load in the delivery year, but it will operate with thinner reserves and higher risk.[4] PJM chief operating officer Stu Bresler said forecast demand rose by about 2 GW, mainly because of data center development.[5]


US grid nodes and transmission network (AI-generated illustration)
3. PJM's response


On 31 July, PJM filed a one-time Reliability Backstop Procurement with FERC:[6]



The target is the 6,831 MW shortfall, reduced by signed contracts between large loads and new generation and by other showings of new supply.


Contracts can run up to 15 years, with a maximum weighted average price of $555/MW-day.


In parallel, PJM is matching large loads with new generation for direct contracts, so data centers bring their own new supply.



Reuters reported that since the price cap and floor were introduced, more than 43 GW of new generation projects have been announced in the PJM region, mostly in data center hubs in Ohio and West Virginia.[7]


On the podcast, participants discussed interconnection reform, large load integration and governance changes, and noted that renewables, storage and demand-side resources can come online relatively quickly.[3]


New generation and storage supplying a data center directly (AI-generated illustration)
4. Data center demand worldwide


DNV's latest Energy Transition Outlook expects global data center electricity use to grow from about 400 TWh in 2025 to 1,100 TWh in 2030, and data centers to absorb about one third of new generation in North America to 2030.[8] PJM shows this trend within a single grid.


5. Directions Taiwan can consider



Ask large loads to bring new supply: letting data centers contract directly with new plants or storage, and counting this in grid planning, spreads responsibility for new demand.


Procure capacity early: buying capacity years ahead or through long-term contracts gives investors time to build.


Set a price range: a cap and floor protect customers when demand changes quickly and give investors predictable revenue.


Include demand-side resources: virtual power plants and demand response can be deployed quickly to add peak capacity.



For Formosa Plastics' plans for an AI data center and low-carbon power in Mailiao, see ccs.tw's report. On grids and electrification, see the IEA on electrification costs and energy security.


Homes taking part in demand response at peak times (AI-generated illustration)
References



PJM, PJM Capacity Auction Procures 138,318 MW of Generation Resources (2026-07-14). https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/about-pjm/newsroom/2026-releases/20260714-pjm-capacity-auction-procures-138318-mw-of-generation-resources.pdf


Same release: the price collar was set in coordination with the governors of all 13 PJM states and FERC.


Factor This, Policycast: PJM's energy emergency (2026-10-08).


PJM, 2028/2029 Base Residual Auction Report. https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/markets-ops/rpm/rpm-auction-info/2028-2029/2028-2029-bra-results-report.pdf


Utility Dive, PJM capacity prices hit price cap, reserve shortfall grows. https://www.utilitydive.com/news/pjm-capacity-auction-price-cap-reserve-shortfall/825282/


PJM, Reliability Backstop Procurement fact sheet. https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/about-pjm/newsroom/fact-sheets/reliability-backstop-procurement-fact-sheet.pdf


Reuters, PJM capacity market woes spur activity in bilateral power deals (2026-08-26). https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/pjm-capacity-market-woes-spur-activity-bilateral-power-deals--reeii-2026-08-26/


DNV, Energy-importing countries scaling clean energy three times faster than exporters (2026-10-07). https://www.dnv.com/news/2026/energy-importing-countries-scaling-clean-energy-three-times-faster-than-exporters/




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Source: PJM Interconnection — https://www.pjm.com/-/media/DotCom/about-pjm/newsroom/2026-releases/20260714-pjm-capacity-auction-procures-138318-mw-of-generation-resources.pdf

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# DNV Energy Transition Outlook 2026: electrification to double in pace, long-term CCS and hydrogen forecasts revised down

DNV's tenth Energy Transition Outlook expects electrification over the next 20 years to be more than twice as fast as the last 20, energy CO₂ to fall 44% by 2050 and data centers to use 1,100 TWh in 2030. Long-term CCS and hydrogen forecasts are down 15% and 29%.

DNV, the Norwegian assurance company, released the tenth edition of its Energy Transition Outlook (ETO) in Singapore on 7 October. The report forecasts energy supply, demand and emissions to 2060 globally and in ten regions. Instead of scenarios, DNV presents a single most likely pathway that accounts for policy, construction time and supply chain limits.[1][2]


1. Electrification as the main trend



Electricity was 16% of global final energy demand in 2005 and is 21% today. DNV expects 33% by 2045, with electrification over the next 20 years more than twice as fast as over the past 20.[1]


Global generation rises from 33,000 TWh in 2025 to 84,000 TWh in 2060.[1]


In 2033, wind and solar together will generate more than all fossil plants. Renewables supply 65% of global electricity in 2040.[1]


Battery storage is the fastest-growing power capacity: installed capacity rose 14-fold over five years, and twice as much utility battery storage was installed in 2026 as in 2025.[1]


Annual renewable investment grew from $860 billion in 2021 to $1,770 billion in 2026.[1]



Utility-scale battery storage beside a solar farm (AI-generated illustration)
2. Importers moving faster


DNV notes that disruption at the Strait of Hormuz has raised the priority of energy security. Over the past five years, the non-fossil share of primary energy rose 2.2 percentage points in importing regions (China, India and Europe) and 0.7 points in exporting regions (Middle East, North America and Russia), a difference of more than three times.[2]


3. AI and data centers


Global data center electricity use is expected to grow from about 400 TWh in 2025 to 1,100 TWh in 2030 and 2,700 TWh in 2040. From 2031, AI workloads will exceed conventional data center use.[1][2] DNV also finds that, to 2040, the largest sources of electricity demand growth are space cooling (22%), EV charging (21%) and data centers (18%).[1] The report says data center growth is set by access to firm power rather than chips or capital.[1]


A data center and an EV charging hub (AI-generated illustration)
4. CCS and hydrogen


DNV separates mature from emerging technologies. Solar, onshore wind and batteries keep getting cheaper and are deploying faster. Hydrogen and CCS, used in sectors such as heavy industry and long-distance transport, remain costly and need policy support. Compared with last year, DNV has lowered its 2060 forecasts for hydrogen and CCS by 29% and 15%, though both are still expected to grow quickly from a low base.[1][2] The report adds that hydrogen and CCS face higher financing costs than mature renewables, and lowering the cost of capital is one of the most effective ways to speed up decarbonisation.[1]


A cement plant with a carbon capture unit (AI-generated illustration)
5. Emissions and warming


DNV forecasts energy-related CO₂ emissions falling from 39 Gt today to 22 Gt in 2050, a 44% reduction. Global emissions likely peaked in 2024, net zero comes in the late 2090s, and warming reaches 2.3°C by 2100.[1] Power sector emissions fall the most. Process emissions, such as those from cement, decline more slowly because they cannot be removed by switching to electricity.[1]


6. Directions Taiwan can consider



Grids and storage together: DNV sees the next decade as being about system integration, including pricing, grids and demand flexibility.


Plan CCS early for process emissions: process emissions from cement and petrochemicals need more than electrification, CCS remains the main option, and policy support can lower financing costs.


Include data centers in power planning: AI demand grows quickly in specific places and can be planned together with grid expansion.



Related reading: the IEA on electrification costs and energy security, the Global Status of CCS report launch on 20 October and PJM's capacity auction and data center demand.


References



DNV, Energy Transition Outlook 2026. https://www.dnv.com/energy-transition-outlook/2026/


DNV, Energy-importing countries scaling clean energy three times faster than exporters (2026-10-07). https://www.dnv.com/news/2026/energy-importing-countries-scaling-clean-energy-three-times-faster-than-exporters/


Future Energy Publishing, Carbon capture and storage newsletter (2026-10-12).




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# Yara Sluiskil carbon capture plant opens in the Netherlands, shipping up to 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year to Norway for storage

Yara's Sluiskil fertiliser plant in the Netherlands opened its carbon capture facility in September. It can capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year, shipped to Northern Lights in Norway and stored 2,600 m below the seabed.

1. The facility


Yara's plant in Sluiskil, Zeeland, the Netherlands, officially opened its carbon capture facility on 7 September 2026. Dutch Prime Minister Rob Jetten and Norwegian Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Støre attended.[1][3] In its October newsletter, the European Commission's DG Climate Action called it Europe's largest commercial carbon capture and storage (CCS) facility.[2]


Sluiskil is Europe's largest ammonia and fertiliser plant. Ammonia production releases a highly concentrated CO₂ stream, which is easier to capture than CO₂ in ordinary flue gas, so fertiliser plants are often among the first CCS sites. The facility can capture and liquefy up to 800,000 tonnes of CO₂ a year and is expected to capture and store about 12 million tonnes over 15 years. The Norwegian government puts this at about 0.5% of Dutch annual emissions.[1][3]


On-site liquid CO₂ tanks and ship loading (AI-generated illustration)
2. How the CO₂ reaches Norway


The project runs capture, transport and storage across two countries in four steps:[1][4][5]



Capture and liquefaction: CO₂ from ammonia production is collected at Sluiskil, then compressed and cooled into liquid.


Temporary storage: the liquid CO₂ is held in seven tanks on site and loaded onto Northern Lights carriers twice a week.


Shipping: the carriers take the CO₂ to the receiving terminal at Øygarden on Norway's west coast.


Storage: the CO₂ goes into onshore tanks, then through a subsea pipeline of about 100 km into a saline aquifer about 2,600 m below the seabed.



Northern Lights is a joint venture of Equinor, Shell and TotalEnergies and forms the transport and storage part of Longship, the Norwegian government's full-scale CCS project. The Sluiskil CO₂ is Longship's first international delivery.[3][5] Phase one of Northern Lights handles 1.5 million tonnes a year and is fully booked. Phase two, approved in 2025, will raise capacity to at least 5 million tonnes a year and has received €131 million from the EU's Connecting Europe Facility for Energy.[5]


A carrier takes CO₂ to the receiving terminal on Norway's west coast (AI-generated illustration)
3. Why the company invests


Under the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS), plants surrender one allowance for each tonne of CO₂ emitted. Yara says CO₂ sent for permanent storage avoids this carbon cost.[1] For industries with large process emissions that need capture, the carbon price provides a financial reason to invest.


CO₂ is piped into a saline aquifer about 2,600 m below the seabed (AI-generated illustration)
4. Directions Taiwan can consider


Taiwan's petrochemical, steel and cement plants are mostly in coastal industrial zones and, like Sluiskil, have access to shipping. The case offers several reference points:



Start with concentrated sources: processes such as ammonia, hydrogen and ethylene oxide produce concentrated CO₂ that is cheaper to capture, making them suitable first demonstrations.


Use shipping to link sites: when emitters and storage sites are far apart, liquefied CO₂ can be shipped first, with pipelines built later as demand grows.


Share transport and storage: Northern Lights takes CO₂ from several companies as a third-party service, spreading infrastructure costs.


Combine carbon pricing with public support: companies invest to avoid carbon costs, while governments and the EU support transport and storage infrastructure. Taiwan's carbon fee and future trading system can draw on this division of roles.



ccs.tw has also covered Germany's push for cross-border CO₂ storage and EU funding for pre-commercial CCS testing. For Taiwan's carbon pricing, see the carbon fee and ETS dual track.


References



Yara International, Europe's largest carbon capture facility officially inaugurated at Yara Sluiskil in the Netherlands (2026-09-07). https://www.yara.com/corporate-releases/europes-largest-carbon-capture-facility-officially-inaugurated-at-yara-sluiskil-in-the-netherlands/


European Commission DG CLIMA, EU Climate Action newsletter, September 2026 edition (2026-10-06).


Government of Norway, Prime Minister attended opening of world's first cross-border carbon capture project (2026-09-07). https://www.regjeringen.no/en/whats-new/prime-minister-attended-opening-of-worlds-first-cross-border-carbon-capture-project/id3172017/


Yara International, Carbon Capture and Storage press kit. https://www.yara.com/news-and-media/media-library/press-kits/carbon-capture-and-storage/


gCaptain, Europe's Largest Carbon Capture Facility Opens, Sending CO2 by Ship to North Sea Storage (2026-09-08). https://gcaptain.com/europes-largest-carbon-capture-facility-opens-sending-co2-by-ship-to-north-sea-storage/




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# EU allocates about €120 million to pre-commercial CCS testing: directions Taiwan can consider

Horizon Europe 2026–2027 sets aside about €119.8 million across five industrial carbon management topics, focused on site injection tests, regional clusters and transport rules. Taiwan, with two storage pilots and new rules, can draw on the EU's approach.

1. Carbon management funding in the EU work programme


The European Commission's Horizon Europe 2026–2027 Work Programme includes five Industrial Carbon Management topics worth about €119.8 million. Citing Carbon Herald, CNA reported on October 13 that compared with 2025 the funding has shifted toward pre-commercial storage readiness, regional infrastructure and integrated value chains.[1][2] Only one of the five topics is a Research and Innovation Action (RIA); the others are Innovation Actions (IA) or a Coordination and Support Action (CSA). The storage topic targets technology readiness level (TRL) 7–8, direct air capture TRL 7 and regional clusters TRL 6–8.[3][4]


The Net-Zero Industry Act requires the EU to have at least 50 million tonnes a year of CO₂ injection capacity by 2030, and the Commission estimates about 250 million tonnes a year will need to be captured and permanently stored from 2040.[5] This round therefore focuses on deployment conditions: whether formations can take injection, whether emitters in one industrial area can share transport, and whether tariff and liability rules can support cross-border transport.


2. Budgets and scope of the five topics


The five Industrial Carbon Management topics in the Horizon Europe 2026–2027 Work Programme (AI-generated illustration)



Topic (ID)
Budget
Type / target TRL
Focus
Deadline




Integrated carbon capture, purification and utilisation (CL4-2026-01-MAT-PROD-31)
€43.8 million
RIA; TRL 4–5 → 6
CO₂-derived products are too costly; capture and conversion must be integrated to cut energy use and capital costs
21 Apr 2026 (closed)


Regional industrial CCUS clusters (CL5-2027-07-D3-32)
€30 million
IA; TRL 6–8
Cluster planning across multiple emitters and storage sites, shared transport, business models and pre-permitting work
1 Dec 2027


Pre-commercial assessment of deep saline aquifer storage (CL5-2026-03-D3-29)
€25 million
IA; TRL 7–8
Insufficient storage capacity in Central, Eastern and Southern Europe; at least one injection test well must be completed and injectivity quantified
31 Mar 2026 (closed)


Direct air capture (CL5-2027-02-D3-30)
€16 million
IA; TRL 7
Moving from prototype to pilot demonstration in a relevant environment, with a full life-cycle assessment
31 Mar 2027


Policy framework for CO₂ transport and storage (CL5-2027-05-D3-31)
€5 million
CSA
Paving the way for new CO₂ infrastructure regulation: tariffs, third-party access, cross-border interoperability, liability and CO₂ quality
15 Sep 2027



Source: Horizon Europe 2026–2027 Work Programme, Parts 7 and 8.[3][4]


The storage topic allows grants to pay for drilling, completion, logging and injection tests, and applicants must work with national authorities to show a site can legally be used for storage.[4] Two topics, worth €68.8 million combined, closed in the first half of 2026. The roughly €120 million is the two-year total, not new money announced in October; the remaining open calls, about €51 million, fall in 2027.[3][4]


3. Directions Taiwan can consider


1. Storage sites


On April 1, 2026 the Ministry of Environment approved CPC's Tiechenshan cross-ministry CCS pilot, with injection in three phases reaching cumulative totals of 10,000, 100,000 and 300,000 tonnes. Each phase needs an approved results report before the next, the project runs three years, and CO₂ must be captured domestically.[6] Taipower's Taichung storage test site plans about 2,000 tonnes a year, 30,000 tonnes over 15 years.[7]


The 2023 CCUS key strategy action plan estimated baseline CCUS reductions of about 1.74–1.79 million tonnes in 2030, assuming Taipower and CPC storage pilots together store 1 million tonnes a year.[8] The two approved sites' design volumes total about 100,000 tonnes a year, about one-tenth of that assumption. The EU's €25 million supports about five site assessments at once, an approach Taiwan could draw on as it scales up storage.[4]


2. Transport and CO₂ supply


Regional transport of CO₂ from emitters by truck to a storage well (AI-generated illustration)
Chain costs weigh heavily on any single plant, which is why the EU puts €30 million into regional clusters. At Tiechenshan, CO₂ is to be captured from nearby emitters, liquefied and trucked to the site.[9] The Liberty Times reported that CPC has talked with power, steel and semiconductor companies about CO₂ supply, and that some companies prefer to pay the carbon fee because it was lower than expected and offers reductions.[10] The action plan said pipelines, transport and storage, and leak monitoring need standards; most storage potential lies off the west coast, and transport options for eastern emitters are still being studied.[8] The EU cluster topic's planning of sources, shared transport and matching storage sites can inform Taiwan's regional planning.


3. Monitoring and standards


Injection well and monitoring data at a storage site (AI-generated illustration)
On August 25, 2026 the ministry issued the 30-article Regulations for CO₂ Storage after Capture, with exploration, environmental impact assessment and approval in sequence. Stored CO₂ streams must be at least 95% pure, monitoring results are reported quarterly, CO₂ concentration and seismic data are published online in real time, wells are monitored for 20 years after closure, and operators must provide financial guarantees and environmental liability insurance each year.[11][12] The rules mainly cover storage-side monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV). The EU's €5 million topic on transport tariffs, third-party access, cross-segment liability and CO₂ quality specifications[4] can serve as a reference for Taiwan's future rules on multi-source, multi-mode transport.


4. The carbon fee and the GHG Management Fund


For Taiwan's overall carbon pricing design, see "Taiwan Moves to a Dual Track of Carbon Fee and ETS: Rate Review, Pilot Timeline and Impact on Companies". The first carbon fee was collected in June 2026: 461 plants at 240 companies paid NT$4.97 billion, all into the Greenhouse Gas Management Fund. The general rate is NT$300 per tonne, with preferential rates of NT$50 or NT$100.[13][14] The ministry planned about NT$2 billion in grants for corporate and local reduction and adaptation, NT$500 million for loan guarantees and interest subsidies, and ETS platform testing by year-end.[15]


The Subsidy Regulations for GHG Reduction Technologies and Climate Adaptation, in force from July 14, list CCUS as eligible, generally covering up to 50% of project costs, with specific calls to be announced; measures within voluntary reduction plans are excluded.[16][17] CNA put the EU round at about NT$4.3 billion,[1] similar in scale to Taiwan's first-year fee revenue. Following the EU approach, CCUS grants could prioritize shared foundations such as site assessment data, hub planning, and transport and MRV standards, helping CO₂ sources and storage sites move forward together.


5. Upcoming developments


Points to follow: monitoring and injection data after Tiechenshan's first 10,000 tonnes and CO₂ supply contracts; the scope of the fund's CCUS grant calls; work on pipeline, truck and port transport standards, CO₂ quality specifications and cross-segment liability; and the ETS platform test at year-end. Internationally, see "Global Status of CCS report to be released on October 20" (ccs.tw).


References



CNA, "歐盟碳管理資金新方向 從研究走向商轉前測試" (EU carbon management funding shifts from research to pre-commercial testing), 13 Oct 2026. https://netzero.cna.com.tw/news/202610130112/


Carbon Herald, "EU Unveils €120M Horizon Europe Package For CO2 Storage, DAC, And CCUS Clusters." https://carbonherald.com/eu-unveils-e120m-horizon-europe-package-for-co2-storage-dac-and-ccus-clusters/


European Commission, Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026–2027, Part 7: Digital, Industry and Space. https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-7-digital-industry-and-space_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf


European Commission, Horizon Europe Work Programme 2026–2027, Part 8: Climate, Energy and Mobility. https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/docs/2021-2027/horizon/wp-call/2026-2027/wp-8-climate-energy-and-mobility_horizon-2026-2027_en.pdf; D3-32 topic page: https://ec.europa.eu/info/funding-tenders/opportunities/portal/screen/opportunities/topic-details/horizon-cl5-2027-07-d3-32


European Commission (DG CLIMA), "The EU's 2030 carbon storage target." https://climate.ec.europa.eu/eu-action/industrial-carbon-management/eus-2030-carbon-storage-target_en


National Council for Sustainable Development, Executive Yuan (reposting the Ministry of Environment), "環境部審查通過中油鐵砧山碳捕捉封存試驗計畫" (Ministry of Environment approves CPC's Tiehchenshan CCS pilot project), 1 Apr 2026. https://ncsd.ndc.gov.tw/Fore/News_detail/a1c143e0-dc7c-478d-a169-222af16ca8af


CNA, "為2050淨零 台電碳封存試驗場環評初審過關" (Taipower carbon storage test site passes preliminary EIA review for 2050 net zero), 2 Mar 2023. https://netzero.cna.com.tw/news/202303020109/


National Science and Technology Council, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Environmental Protection Administration, Taiwan 2050 Net-Zero Transition "Carbon Capture, Utilization and Storage" Key Strategy Action Plan (approved version), Apr 2023. https://www.ey.gov.tw/File/EF63415FAC210FF2?A=C


CPC Corporation, Office of the Chief Engineer, "台灣中油 ESG 工程實踐—地熱電廠及碳封存工程案例" (CPC ESG engineering practice: geothermal power plant and carbon storage case studies), Chinese Institute of Engineers. https://www.cie.org.tw/var/file/0/1000/img/2/11409_chapter03.pdf


Liberty Times, "CCS生意萌芽》中油鐵砧山碳封存3年灌注30萬噸 找無碳源頭痛" (CCS business emerges: CPC to inject 300,000 tonnes at Tiehchenshan over 3 years but struggles to find CO₂ sources). https://ec.ltn.com.tw/article/breakingnews/5600673


National Council for Sustainable Development, Executive Yuan (reposting the Ministry of Environment), "環境部發布「二氧化碳捕捉後封存管理辦法」" (Ministry of Environment issues the Regulations for the Management of Storage after CO₂ Capture), 25 Aug 2026. https://ncsd.ndc.gov.tw/Fore/News_detail/fe0e5586-be90-4b67-a2b1-365f7717c541


CNA, "碳封存管理辦法公告 封井後須監測20年" (Carbon storage regulations announced; 20 years of monitoring required after well closure), 25 Aug 2026. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202608250285.aspx


Ministry of Environment, "我國碳定價制度關鍵里程碑 企業申報碳費總額達49.7億元" (A key milestone for Taiwan's carbon pricing: carbon fees declared by companies total NT$4.97 billion), 3 Jun 2026. https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/moenv-news/zh-tw/News/1628


Ministry of Environment Laws and Regulations Database, "碳費徵收費率" (Carbon fee rates). https://oaout.moenv.gov.tw/law/LawContent.aspx?id=GL007921


CNA, "環境部首次碳費收入近50億 擬20億供事業及地方減碳" (Ministry's first carbon fee revenue nears NT$5 billion; NT$2 billion planned for business and local decarbonisation), 3 Jun 2026. https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202606030113.aspx


Ministry of Environment Laws and Regulations Database, "溫室氣體減量技術及氣候變遷調適補助辦法" (Subsidy Regulations for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Technologies and Climate Change Adaptation; promulgated and in force 14 Jul 2026). https://oaout.moenv.gov.tw/Law/LawContent.aspx?id=GL007967


Ministry of Environment, "環境部發布「溫室氣體減量技術及氣候變遷調適補助辦法」" (Ministry of Environment issues the Subsidy Regulations for Greenhouse Gas Reduction Technologies and Climate Change Adaptation), 15 Jul 2026. https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/moenv-news/zh-tw/News/13683





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# Taiwan Moves to a Dual Track of Carbon Fee and ETS: Rate Review, Pilot Timeline and Impact on Companies

Taiwan is moving to a carbon fee plus a cap-and-trade ETS. The ETS pilot auction platform is due at end-November, with the pilot targeted for 2028; the second-phase fee rate is under review from November, with an increase expected. Carbon costs are becoming assets and liabilities to manage.

Taiwan's carbon pricing is moving from a single carbon fee to a dual track of the carbon fee plus a cap-and-trade emissions trading system (ETS). The Ministry of Environment announced this direction on September 15, 2026, aiming to start an ETS pilot in 2028. A pilot auction platform built by the Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange and the European Energy Exchange (EEX) is expected to go live at the end of November. The second carbon fee rate review committee is set to meet on November 2, and media report that members agree to discuss raising the second-phase rate.

Key terms

Carbon fee: under the Climate Change Response Act and the Carbon Fee Collection Regulations, levied on power, gas and manufacturing facilities emitting 25,000 tCO2e or more a year (including indirect emissions from electricity).



Voluntary reduction plans: companies with an approved plan that meet set targets pay preferential rates.



ETS: the government sets a cap and allocates or auctions allowances, and trading sets the price.



Carbon leakage and CBAM: leakage is production and emissions moving to less regulated countries; Taiwan applies adjustment factors to high-leakage-risk businesses. The EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) charges for embedded emissions in imported steel, cement, aluminium, fertilisers, electricity and hydrogen.



1. The dual-track plan

The first carbon fee (for 2025 emissions) was paid in full by 461 plants at 240 companies, totalling NT$4.97 billion, with no requests for deferral or instalments. Minister Peng Chi-ming said on September 15 that the fee offers stable, predictable prices, while an ETS fixes total emissions first and ties more closely to national targets. The pilot plan:

Participants: large emitters with voluntary reduction plans, on a voluntary basis. CNA and the Liberty Times report about 20 companies initially, covering about 80% of regulated emissions.



Timeline: a draft pilot plan by the end of this year, rules completed next year, and a pilot start in 2028.



Platform: the pilot auction platform with EEX is expected at the end of November.



Alongside the fee, allowances will be priced through auctions and trading (AI-generated illustration, ChatGPT)The Economic Daily News reported on October 12 that the pilot will have two phases: the first involves no money, with companies simulating monthly auctions using allocated allowances; real trading comes in the second phase after the fee regulations and cap-and-trade rules are amended. The Climate Change Administration stressed that the same emissions will not be charged twice.

2. Rates and who pays

Rates announced on October 21, 2024 and in effect from January 1, 2025:

RatePer tonne CO2eApplies toGeneral rateNT$300Those not eligible for a preferential ratePreferential rate ANT$50Voluntary reduction plan meets the "sector-specific designated reduction rate"Preferential rate BNT$100Voluntary reduction plan meets the "technology-benchmark designated reduction rate"Carbon fee rates are set to rise step by step (AI-generated illustration, ChatGPT)The ministry has approved 402 voluntary reduction plans: 64 plants at Rate A and 338 at Rate B, with estimated reductions of 47.45 million tonnes by 2030 (the Economic Daily News cites 403 plants; we use the ministry's June 3 release).

Under Article 5 of the regulations, chargeable emissions = (annual emissions − K) × adjustment factor. For ordinary businesses K is 25,000 tonnes and the factor is 1; for high-leakage-risk businesses with an approved plan, K is zero and the factor is 0.2, 0.4 and 0.6 over three periods. Our illustration: an ordinary business emitting 100,000 tonnes pays (100,000 − 25,000) × NT$300 = NT$22.5 million at the general rate, or NT$7.5 million at Rate B.

Semiconductors paid about NT$2.2 billion (44.3%), followed by power supply (12.77%), chemical materials (10.97%) and steel (8.06%). Because indirect emissions from electricity count, power-intensive electronics firms are covered.

The first review committee used NT$1,200–1,800 per tonne by 2030 as a reference path. Rates are set for two-year periods, and 2027–2028 emissions fall under the second phase. The Economic Daily News reported that a member noted more than 20 companies chose to pay the general rate rather than apply for preferential rates, suggesting room for a large increase; officials said at least two or three more meetings are needed to reach consensus.

3. Effects on companies

Large emitters: pilot participants will start practising allowance management, auction bidding and internal carbon pricing.



Exporters: whether Taiwan's fee can offset part of the CBAM charge affects export costs.



Credit buyers: domestic reduction credits can cover up to 10% of chargeable emissions and recognized foreign credits up to 5% (not available to high-leakage-risk businesses); domestic voluntary project credits count at a ratio of 1.2. The Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange is the only body commissioned by the ministry to run domestic credit trading and auctions.



4. The EU CBAM price and the "carbon price paid" rule

On October 5 the European Commission set the Q3 2026 CBAM certificate price at €82.32 per tonne, about 9% above Q2's €75.28, based on weighted EU ETS auction prices; prices are published quarterly in 2026 and weekly from 2027. The definitive period began on January 1, 2026; certificates go on sale on February 1, 2027, and the first declaration and surrender for 2026 imports is due September 30, 2027.

Article 9 of the CBAM Regulation allows deduction of a carbon price actually paid in the country of origin, net of rebates or other compensation; Carbon Pulse reports the Commission is moving to adopt rules on which foreign prices qualify. Taiwan's preferential rates, K values and adjustment factors could therefore affect the amount the EU recognizes. Ministry adviser and German emissions trading expert Jürgen Landgrebe said in September that ETSs with similar caps, MRV and market rules link more easily than fees. On EU–UK linking, see "UK and EU carbon markets are about to "link up"".

5. What it means for companies and CCS

Peng said in September that cutting a tonne of CO2 may cost NT$3,000 to over NT$6,000, above the current fee, and the ETS is expected to bring carbon management into corporate governance and sustainable finance. For CCS, the ministry issued the Regulations for CO2 Storage after Capture on August 25, 2026, covering storage permits and monitoring; the fee regulations allow deductions through reduction credits and offsets, and we found no provision for deducting stored volumes. Voluntary project boundaries also may not include sources liable for the fee.

Companies need to build carbon price scenarios into their investment models (AI-generated illustration, ChatGPT)Companies can start by checking chargeable emissions and factors, reviewing voluntary plan progress (due by April 30 each year), assessing whether to join the ETS pilot and adding carbon price scenarios to investment models.

Still undecided

The second-phase rate and whether two phases will be announced at once; the ETS pilot's cap, allocation, price limits and revenue use (draft plan due at year-end); whether large emitters will all move into the ETS (to be reviewed based on pilot results and legal amendments); how CCS storage will be credited; and the EU's detailed "carbon price paid" rules.

Our view

This is our own reading, not that of the ministry or any agency.

The nature of Taiwan's carbon price is changing: a fee is simply paid, while ETS allowances can be traded and need active management. Because CBAM recognizes only prices actually paid, exporters on preferential domestic rates may need to cover the difference in the EU. With the storage regulations in force, whether stored CO2 can be credited under the fee or ETS will determine whether CCS in Taiwan moves from demonstrations to investments backed by a carbon price.

Sources

Ministry of Environment, 'Key milestone for Taiwan's carbon pricing: corporate carbon fee filings total NT$4.97 billion' (2026-06-03)



Ministry of Environment, 'Taiwan's next step in carbon pricing: Minister Peng in dialogue with a German expert' (2026-09-15)



Ministry of Environment announcement: Carbon Fee Rates (2024-10-21)



Carbon Fee Rates (regulatory text) (2024-10-21)



Carbon Fee Rates: general explanatory note (2024-10-21)



Regulations Governing the Collection of Carbon Fees (Laws & Regulations Database of the ROC) (2026-09-01)



Regulations for the Management of Voluntary Greenhouse Gas Reduction Projects (2023-10-12)



Regulations for the Management of Post-Capture CO2 Storage (2026-08-25)



Climate Change Administration, Carbon Fee Rate Review Committee members (date not stated)



Taiwan Carbon Solution Exchange (date not stated)



Economic Daily News (in Chinese), on the Nov. 2 review committee meeting and the 2028 carbon fee increase (incl. 'ETS pilot to run on a dual track') (2026-10-12)



Central News Agency (in Chinese, republished by SJTV), Peng pushes a Taiwanese ETS, pilot expected in 2028 (2026-09-15)



Liberty Times (in Chinese), ETS pilot in 2028 with 20 large emitters first (2026-09-16)



European Commission, Price of CBAM certificates (2026-10-05)



European Commission, CBAM definitive regime (date not stated)



European Commission, CBAM Questions and Answers (date not stated)



Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM Regulation) (2023-05-16)



Carbon Pulse, 'Brussels eyes adoption of carbon price paid rules for EU CBAM' (CP Daily newsletter; paywalled, only the public lead is cited) (2026-10-12)





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# IMO Adopts Assessment Frameworks for Three Marine Carbon Removal Techniques

On October 9, 2026, London Convention and Protocol Parties adopted assessment frameworks for three marine carbon removal techniques. Governments will use them to decide, case by case, if a proposal is legitimate scientific research. IMO says work beyond research needs more science first.

The International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted three assessment frameworks for marine carbon removal research; activities beyond research are not yet under consideration. The IMO announced on October 9, 2026 that parties to the London Convention and London Protocol adopted a resolution setting up a framework each for ocean fertilization, ocean alkalinity enhancement and marine biomass sinking, so governments can judge case by case whether a proposal is "legitimate scientific research" that can proceed without unacceptable risk. Carbon Pulse quoted observers as saying this could affect the emerging market for marine carbon removal credits.

Key terms

The IMO and the London Convention and Protocol: the IMO is a London-based UN agency that administers these two treaties on dumping at sea. The Convention was adopted in 1972; the Protocol was adopted in 1996 and entered into force in 2006 to strengthen and eventually replace it.



Marine carbon dioxide removal (marine CDR): methods that use the ocean to absorb or store atmospheric CO2. The IMO calls them "marine geoengineering" and notes their ecosystem effects are not fully understood.



The three techniques: ocean fertilization (adding nutrients to boost phytoplankton), ocean alkalinity enhancement (OAE, adding alkaline substances to increase uptake and counter acidification) and marine biomass sinking (placing plant and other biomass in the ocean to store carbon).



The decision

The resolution was adopted at the 48th Consultative Meeting of the London Convention and 21st Meeting of Parties to the London Protocol (LC 48/LP 21), held October 5–9 at IMO headquarters in London and chaired by Radia Razack of South Africa; the Center for International Environmental Law (CIEL) said it passed on October 9. IMO Secretary-General Arsenio Dominguez said the frameworks provide rigorous, transparent assessment tools at a time of growing scientific, commercial and public interest in marine geoengineering.

The ocean fertilization framework updates an earlier one; the other two are new. A pre-meeting analysis by Columbia University's Sabin Center for Climate Change Law notes that parties decided in a non-binding 2008 decision that fertilization other than legitimate research should not be allowed, adopted a fertilization framework in 2010, and stated in 2023 that alkalinity enhancement and biomass sinking should be treated the same way: some research may be allowed, deployment deferred.

The three marine CDR techniques covered by the new frameworks: ocean fertilization, ocean alkalinity enhancement, ocean sinking of biomass (graphic: Island Frequency)The assessment process

Each framework covers initial screening, environmental assessment, risk management, decision-making and post-activity review, and results can be revisited with new information. The IMO said every proposal must show a legitimate scientific purpose, fully assess environmental risks, carry out stakeholder consultation and peer review, and include rigorous monitoring and transparent reporting. CIEL said all three documents require states to consult Indigenous Peoples under international law and consider social, cultural and economic impacts. The IMO added that more research is needed before any activity beyond research is considered, and that research should proceed cautiously with environmental protection as the priority.

How a marine CDR project is reviewed under the London Protocol (graphic: Island Frequency)Credits and legal status

Carbon Pulse (paywalled; only the public lead is cited) quoted observers as saying the guidance could affect marine carbon removal credits. CIEL interprets it as excluding projects that generate or sell credits from legitimate research, saying the frameworks include criteria to keep economic interests from influencing research design, conduct or results; this is CIEL's reading, and the IMO release does not mention credits. According to the Sabin Center, the pre-meeting drafts said limits on "financial and/or economic gain" should not exclude payment for services supporting experiments or future financial effects of patented technology, with identical wording in all three drafts; several parties argued before the meeting that selling or pre-selling credits should be prohibited, which was unresolved at the time.

On legal status, parties adopted a 2013 Protocol amendment creating binding rules for marine geoengineering, but it needs ratification by two-thirds of Protocol parties and has not entered into force; it currently lists only ocean fertilization. Citing a July 2026 report of the intersessional correspondence group (LICG), the Sabin Center said many delegations see the frameworks as best-practice guidance, and some stressed they create no new legal obligations and leave states discretion in domestic permitting.

Other decisions

Parties also adopted guidelines, developed with the UN Environment Programme (UNEP), on end-of-life management of fibre-reinforced plastic (FRP) vessels, including alternatives to disposal at sea, and agreed to study intersessionally the relationship between the two treaties and the BBNJ Agreement on marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdiction.

Still to be confirmed

The IMO release did not include the resolution text or number, and we have not checked whether the final wording (including the economic-interest and payment clauses) matches the drafts. How the final resolution describes the frameworks' legal effect, and whether states will build them into domestic permitting, is not yet public. No credit standard bodies or buyers have yet responded publicly.

What it means for Taiwan

These frameworks govern marine carbon removal research, a separate pathway from CCS storage under the seabed. According to the IMO, a 2006 amendment to Annex 1 of the London Protocol set the legal basis for permanent CO2 storage in sub-seabed formations, a 2009 amendment to Article 6 allowed cross-border export for this purpose, and a 2019 resolution allowed provisional application of that amendment. Taiwan has not formally joined these treaties and aligns through domestic law (a 2025 study in the journal Laws); Article 23 of the Marine Pollution Control Act requires a permit from the Ocean Affairs Council for dumping at sea. The Ministry of Environment issued the Regulations for CO2 Storage after Capture on August 25, 2026, and CNA reported that sealed wells must be monitored for 20 years.

Our view

This is our own reading, not that of the IMO or the parties.

Two pathways: when reading international news, first check whether it concerns sub-seabed storage or marine carbon removal; this research guidance and Taiwan's offshore storage plans fall under different rules.



Questions for credit buyers: before buying marine carbon removal credits, check whether the project is research or deployment, which country permitted it and how removals are monitored; until the resolution text is published, CIEL's reading and the draft wording differ.



Domestic law: if alkalinity enhancement or biomass sinking trials take place in Taiwan's waters, the authorities could clarify in advance whether they count as "dumping at sea" under the Marine Pollution Control Act and which agency reviews them.



Further reading: "Global Status of CCS 2026 Report to Launch on October 20".



Sources

IMO press release, IMO adopts frameworks to assess marine geoengineering research activities (Oct 9, 2026): imo.org



Carbon Pulse, IMO adopts new guidance on certain marine carbon removal techniques (Oct 9, 2026; paywalled, public lede only): carbon-pulse.com/559288



CIEL press release, Global Treaty Advances Precautionary Regime on Marine Geoengineering (Oct 9, 2026): ciel.org



Sabin Center for Climate Change Law (Columbia University), Parties to the London Convention and Protocol Debate Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal Governance (Oct 7, 2026; pre-meeting analysis): blogs.law.columbia.edu



LC 48/5/1, Draft revised Ocean Alkalinity Enhancement Assessment Framework (meeting document, 2026, pre-meeting): PDF



IMO, Carbon Capture and Sequestration (explainer page, date not stated): imo.org



IMO, Resolution LP.5(14) (Oct 11, 2019): PDF



Laws & Regulations Database of the Republic of China (Taiwan), Marine Pollution Control Act (last amended May 31, 2023): law.moj.gov.tw



Laws (MDPI), Enhancing Marine Environmental Protection Enforcement in Taiwan (2025): mdpi.com



Central News Agency (CNA), 碳封存管理辦法公告 封井後須監測20年 [Carbon storage regulations issued; 20 years of monitoring required after well closure] (Aug 25, 2026): cna.com.tw



Lead: Carbon Pulse (Oct 9, 2026). This is a selective summary. See the original sources for full content and limits.



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# Chile and Japan Adopt New JCM Rules: 17 Projects in the Queue as Chile Can Now Authorize ITMO Transfers to Japan

On October 5, the Chile–Japan JCM Joint Committee adopted updated rules. A Chilean official said Chile can now authorize projects and transfer ITMOs to Japan. Seventeen projects are in the pipeline, with eight originally due for authorization review on October 8.

Japan's Joint Crediting Mechanism (JCM) funds and supplies technology for emission reduction projects in partner countries and counts part of the reductions toward Japan's national target. On October 5, 2026, the Chile–Japan JCM Joint Committee adopted updated rules and guidelines. A Chilean official quoted by Carbon Pulse said Chile can now authorize JCM projects and transfer internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) to Japan. It is another case of Article 6.2 of the Paris Agreement moving to actual trades, and it can be compared with the Canadian ITMO framework we covered earlier.

Key terms

JCM: a bilateral partnership Japan signs one-to-one with each partner. Verified reductions are issued as JCM credits and divided between the two countries according to contributions.



ITMOs: under Article 6.2, one country transfers government-authorized reductions or removals to another, which counts them toward its nationally determined contribution (NDC).



Authorization: the host government's formal consent to "export" reductions, usually via a Letter of Authorization (LoA). Without it, reductions cannot be transferred as ITMOs.



Corresponding adjustment: after a transfer to Japan, Chile adds the same amount back to its own emissions ledger to avoid double counting.



Joint Committee and TPEs: the committee of both countries' representatives sets rules, approves methodologies and registers projects; third-party entities (TPEs) handle validation and verification.



How a JCM emission reduction becomes a transferable ITMOThe October 5 decision

The JCM Implementation Agency (JCMA) announced that the 4th Chile–Japan JCM Joint Committee, held in Santiago and online, adopted the rules and guidelines and designated TPEs. Other details come from Carbon Pulse:

The meeting was held behind closed doors. Cristina Vargas Figueroa, carbon pricing and markets coordinator at Chile's Ministry of the Environment, called the rules a milestone, as "Chile can now authorise projects and transfer ITMOs to be accounted for in Japan".



There are 17 projects in the JCM pipeline, some financed by the Japanese government. Eight are at a later stage of validation and verification and were scheduled for evaluation by Chile's National Article 6 Committee on October 8 to start issuing letters of authorization; no results had been published by our deadline.



The rules document is not yet public; the ministry said it will be published shortly.



The "17 projects" figure matches Japan's official JCM pamphlet (April 2026). The "eight projects" and the evaluation results come only from Carbon Pulse so far.

Chile's JCM and Article 6 progress

Chile and Japan signed the JCM bilateral document on May 26, 2015, making Chile Japan's 14th partner. The JCM website lists 8 Chilean projects, mostly solar PV: 3 registered (a 1 MW university rooftop in 2019 and two 3 MW projects in 2022 and 2024) and 5 under validation (two 9 MW projects, a 2 MW factory rooftop, a 3 MW farmland solar project and a 3.4 MW rice husk power project). By comparison, Indonesia, Thailand and Viet Nam each have 50 to just over 60 projects. The difference between 8 and 17 may reflect candidate projects in the pamphlet, including those subsidized by Japan's environment and economy ministries and private projects.

Chile's own groundwork is in place:

Swiss agreement: signed under Article 6.2 in December 2023. In October 2025 Chile authorized its first project (a plant in the Ñuble Region replacing a coal boiler with a biomass boiler), the first Article 6.2 authorization in Latin America and the Caribbean. According to Reporte Minero, by early April 2026 Chile had issued 17 letters of interest and 5 authorizations.



Rules and committee: an Article 6 implementing regulation, with the National Article 6 Committee reviewing applications.



Continuity: Carbon Pulse noted that Article 6 work has continued through the change from the Boric to the Kast government this year.



Japan: the JCM counts toward national targets

According to Japan's JCM pamphlet (April 2026), as of April 16 Japan had 32 partner countries and 298 projects (including candidates). Under the Plan for Global Warming Countermeasures adopted in February 2025, it aims for accumulated international reductions and removals of about 100 million t-CO2 by FY2030 and about 200 million t-CO2 by FY2040. In November 2025 Japan issued JCM ITMOs under Article 6 for the first time, for a 5 MW floating solar project in Thailand. JCM credits are also eligible under Japan's domestic GX-ETS, so authorized Chilean reductions could count in Japan's national accounts and even reach Japanese companies' trading accounts.

Japan's JCM at a glance: 32 partner countries, 298 projects and a target of about 100 million t-CO2 accumulated by FY2030Also on October 5, India's environment ministry announced that the India–Japan JCM operational manual was released in New Delhi on September 30, covering the process from project idea notes to credit issuance and authorization. The two countries signed a memorandum on August 7, 2025 and adopted implementation rules on June 8, 2026, moving India's JCM into project implementation.

Comparison with Canada's ITMO framework (our view)

We previously covered "Canada Develops ITMO Framework to Bring Companies Into Paris Agreement Article 6 Carbon Markets". Compared:

Roles: Chile is the seller (host) and Japan the buyer; Canada wants its companies to develop removal and other projects and export mitigation outcomes, with the framework still being drafted.



Maturity: the Chile–Japan JCM has ten years of cooperation and full institutions and now adds ITMO authorization and transfer; Canada is still consulting provinces and Indigenous organizations.



Technology: Chile focuses on reduction projects such as solar and biomass; Canada emphasizes removal projects such as direct air capture (DAC) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS), which cost more and need steady buyers.



Common requirements: government authorization, corresponding adjustments and verifiable accounting; Chile took ten years to align these with Japan.



The Chile–Japan JCM and Canada's ITMO framework comparedWhat it means for Taiwan (our view)

This is our own reading, not a statement by the Chilean or Japanese governments.

Forms of participation: Taiwan is not a UNFCCC party, so a JCM with Japan or state-to-state authorization and corresponding adjustments would need other forms of cooperation; these bilateral rules can still inform its design.



Pilot work: in September 2026 the Ministry of Environment announced that ITRI and a Paraguayan company launched an Article 6 pilot, using a small afforestation project to test validation, MRV, credit issuance and host-country authorization and transfer. The Chile–Japan rules, once published, can serve as a reference.



Recognizing foreign credits: under Taiwan's Carbon Fee Collection Regulations, businesses not at high carbon-leakage risk may use ministry-recognized foreign credits for up to 5% of chargeable emissions. Whether recognition will require host authorization and corresponding adjustments is a key question for companies assessing overseas credits.



Taiwanese companies in Japan: subsidiaries covered by the GX-ETS will see compliance costs influenced by JCM credit supply and prices.



What to watch

The published rules on authorization, corresponding adjustments and credit allocation; whether the eight projects receive letters of authorization and when the first ITMOs reach Japan; how JCM credits are split between governments and project participants and what that means for Chile's NDC; and whether eligible types expand to storage, electric mobility and biogas, already authorized under the Swiss agreement.

Sources

JCMA (JCM Implementation Agency), Chile JC4 held (2026-10-05)



Carbon Pulse, CLCF26: Chile, Japan approve JCM rules and guidelines, paving way for ITMO transfers (2026-10-07)



Official JCM website, JCM Chile - Japan (about the Chile JCM)



Official JCM website, Project Cycle Search (project list)



JCMA, JCM pamphlet, April 2026 edition



Chile's Ministry of the Environment, En cooperación con Suiza: Chile da luz verde a su primer proyecto de reducción de emisiones bajo el Artículo 6 del Acuerdo de París [In cooperation with Switzerland: Chile gives the green light to its first emission reduction project under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement] (2025-10-06)



Chile's Ministry of the Environment, Article 6 implementing regulation (Reglamento Artículo 6)



Reporte Minero, Acción climática y mercados de carbono: la agenda que ya moviliza inversión en Chile [Climate action and carbon markets: the agenda already mobilising investment in Chile] (2026-04-01)



DD News (citing India's Press Information Bureau), India, Japan Launch Operational Manual to Promote Low-Carbon Technology, Mobilise Climate Finance, Facilitate Technology Cooperation (2026-10-05)



Island Frequency (this site), Canada Develops ITMO Framework to Bring Companies Into Paris Agreement Article 6 Carbon Markets



Ministry of Environment (Taiwan) press release, Taiwan–Paraguay carbon credit cooperation moves to project implementation: Deputy Minister Hsieh Yein-rui witnesses launch of Paris Agreement Article 6 pilot by ITRI and Paraguayan company (2026-09-10)



Ministry of Environment laws and regulations database, Regulations Governing the Collection of Carbon Fees







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# German government tenders for up to 1.1 million "Article 6.4" carbon credits to offset official travel emissions

On October 7, Germany's Environment Agency (UBA) tendered for up to 1.1 million Article 6.4 credits to offset the federal government's 2025 official travel, events and several agencies, nearly 40% more than last year.

On October 7, the German Environment Agency (UBA) published a tender on Germany's public procurement platform to buy up to 1,101,743 emission reduction credits generated under Article 6, paragraph 4 of the Paris Agreement (Article 6.4), to offset the federal government's 2025 emissions. Carbon Pulse reported the tender the same day.

Key terms

Article 6.4 mechanism (PACM): the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism, run by a UN supervisory body and succeeding the Kyoto-era Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). Many older CDM projects are applying to transition.



Offsetting: balancing unavoidable emissions with reductions made elsewhere; for the German government this is voluntary.



Scope of the tender

The tender covers 11 items: official travel of the federal government and administration (including federal events), plus the "climate-neutral" programs of the Environment Ministry (BMUKN), the Development Ministry (BMZ), Bundestag travel, Bundesbank travel, the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management (BASE), the Federal Office for Radiation Protection (BfS), the Federal Agency for Nature Conservation (BfN), the Defence Ministry (BMVg), the Federal Foreign Office (AA) and UBA itself. Travel offsetting covers flights and official car trips by staff of the supreme and higher federal authorities, including non-CO2 effects; unavoidable flight emissions of participants in federal events must also be offset.

The 11 items covered by this tender: federal official travel and events, plus the climate-neutrality programs of 10 bodiesBackground

Germany has offset official travel since the 2014–2017 legislative term. After the Kyoto Protocol's second commitment period ended in 2020, the government switched to credits compatible with the Paris Agreement, and since 2022 it has tendered for Article 6.4-compatible credits. Last year's tender (deadline November 4, 2025) had a cap of 795,408 credits; this year's cap is about 38.5% higher. Last year, projects had to be CDM-registered (or classified as temporary measures) and have applied to transition to Article 6.4; with no credits yet available, delivery was deferred. This year's eligibility details are in an attached specification we have not yet obtained; the tender documents are authoritative for the deadline. According to the German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt), the government has bought about 1.9 million tonnes of credits to offset years up to 2020, mainly from household biogas and cookstove projects in Asia and Africa.

Purchase caps of Germany's Article 6.4 credit tenders: the 2026 cap is about 38.5% higher than in 2025Our view

Public-sector demand: the first PACM credits were approved only in February. Germany's repeated and growing tenders give the mechanism steady demand.



Quality rules affect buyers: Germany has mostly bought cookstove and biogas credits. The UN supervisory body is discussing this week whether cookstove credits should carry a reversal-risk buffer (see "Two tests for the UN carbon market"), which will affect how many credits buyers can get and at what price.



What Taiwan can draw on: companies or agencies offsetting travel can first define the scope (including aviation's non-CO2 effects), then specify which international rules credits must meet. On aviation demand, see "CORSIA Eligible Credits: Demand Exceeds Supply by About 175 Million Tonnes, and Where Taiwan’s Airlines Stand".



Sources

Carbon Pulse, Germany launches tender for 1.1 mln ‘PACM-aligned’ carbon credits (2026-10-07, paywalled; only the public lead is cited)



Bauportal Deutschland, republished tender notice: Erwerb von Emissionsminderungsgutschriften nach den Regeln zu Artikel 6, Par. 4 ÜvP (Kompensation für das Jahr 2025) [Acquisition of emission reduction credits under the rules of Article 6.4 of the Paris Agreement, offsetting for 2025], Los-ID 3189604



bidsfactory, republication of the same tender notice



German Environment Agency, Carbon Mechanisms: Ausschreibung: Art. 6.4-Emissionsgutschriften zur Kompensation von Dienstreisen [Tender: Article 6.4 emission credits to offset official travel] (2025 tender)



German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt), Kompensation der Dienstreisen der Bundesregierung [Offsetting the federal government's official travel]







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# Taiwanese Company Signs Letter of Intent to Pre-Purchase Guatemalan Bamboo Carbon Credits at US$30 a Tonne

Taiwanese company Cupola360 signed a letter of intent on October 1 to buy credits at US$30 a tonne from a 115-hectare Guatemalan bamboo project supported by TaiwanICDF and planned under Verra's VCS. Volumes, a formal contract and carbon-fee use are still to be confirmed.

During Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung's visit to Guatemala in early October, Taiwanese company Cupola360 signed a letter of intent with a Guatemalan agribusiness on bamboo carbon credits, expressing its intention to buy them first at US$30 per tonne of CO₂ equivalent. The project, supported by the TaiwanICDF technical mission in Guatemala, plans to plant about 115 hectares of bamboo and seek certification under the international VCS standard. It is a new attempt to combine Taiwan's development assistance, corporate demand for carbon credits and international certification, and is at the letter-of-intent stage.

Primer: VCS, ARR, letters of intent and ERPAs

VCS (Verified Carbon Standard): a voluntary carbon standard run by the US nonprofit Verra; credits are issued after third-party validation, registration and periodic verification.



ARR (afforestation, reforestation and revegetation): planting trees (or bamboo) on unforested or degraded land to absorb CO₂, a carbon removal credit type. Because carbon is stored in plants and soil, it carries a risk of "reversal" from logging, fire or pests, and a share of credits usually goes into a buffer pool.



Letter of intent (LOI): a statement of intent to cooperate that is usually not binding as a sale.



ERPA (emission reduction purchase agreement): the formal contract setting volume, price and delivery, to be signed separately once conditions are in place.



Voluntary market and Article 6: VCS is a voluntary market; Article 6 is cooperation between countries involving host-country authorization and "corresponding adjustments" to avoid double counting.



Five terms to know first: VCS, ARR, LOI, ERPA and Article 6What was agreed

According to the TaiwanICDF press release issued through CNA's news platform (2026-10-06):

Signing: on October 1, during the Taiwan–Guatemala Joint Economic Commission and Investment Forum, witnessed by Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung and Guatemala's Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs Julio Eduardo Orozco Pérez. The parties were the Guatemalan agribusiness Verdes de Centroamérica, S.A., and CJ Hsieh, general manager of Cupola360 Inc.



Price: Cupola360 expressed willingness to buy first, at a planned price of US$30 per tonne, which the release says is above the current voluntary-market reference price for ARR projects.



Scale and certification: about 115 hectares of newly planted Dendrocalamus asper (a giant tropical bamboo) as an ARR carbon sink project, designed, registered, monitored and verified under relevant VCS methodologies.



Timeline: an initial 15-year vision, with issuable volumes confirmed according to implementation and verification.



TaiwanICDF's role: its Bamboo Industry Sustainable Development project in Guatemala provides guidance on cultivation, management, carbon sink surveys and methodologies.



United Daily News reported at COP30 in November 2025 that the TaiwanICDF was working with the Guatemalan government and hoped to make the bamboo project the world's first bamboo VCS carbon credit project, providing technical and financial support with completion expected within four years. Guatemala's Ministry of Agriculture (MAGA), with support from Taiwan's embassy, also launched a national bamboo carbon sink initiative under which selected participants receive seedlings, technical help and certification support, and the credits belong to the participants.

The buyer: a tech company that makes 360-degree cameras

Cupola360 is a wholly owned subsidiary of IC design company ASPEED Technology that makes 360-degree inspection cameras and other remote site management products; ASPEED announced in November 2025 that it would spin the business off into Cupola360. A tech company pre-ordering overseas bamboo credits shows that demand from Taiwanese companies for high-quality nature-based credits is emerging; the intended use of the credits has not been disclosed.

Bamboo carbon credits: opportunity and technical questions

Bamboo grows quickly and regenerates from its rhizomes, combining carbon sequestration, land restoration and rural livelihoods. Turning it into credits still requires clarity on:

Methodology: the release does not say which ARR methodology applies or how carbon is counted after harvest.



Harvesting and permanence: bamboo is harvested regularly, so credits are usually based on long-term average carbon stocks; harvesting practice and the risk of fire or land-use change affect issuance and buffer contributions.



Volume: the release gives no estimate for 115 hectares, and this article does not estimate one.



The road to bamboo carbon credits: the project has only reached the letter-of-intent stage, with methodology, validation, registration and verification all still aheadArticle 6 cooperation with Paraguay is a separate route

Carbon Pulse placed the deal alongside Taiwan's cooperation with Paraguay and noted that the TaiwanICDF did not say whether it would pursue similar projects under the Paris Agreement. The Ministry of Environment signed a Paris Agreement cooperation memorandum with Paraguay on October 1, 2025, and in May 2026 Minister of Environment Peng Chi-ming said an implementation agreement was under discussion to generate internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs) under Article 6 with corresponding adjustments, as a basis for offsetting up to 5% of emissions subject to the carbon fee. In September 2026, the Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and a Paraguayan company launched an "Article 6 pilot" of a small ARR project in the Chaco. The Guatemala project currently follows the VCS voluntary-market route, with no mention of host-country authorization or corresponding adjustments.

Under Taiwan's carbon fee rules, foreign credits must be recognized by the Ministry of Environment to be deducted, and the ministry is designing this around Article 6, so whether the Guatemalan bamboo credits could offset the domestic carbon fee is not yet determined. Carbon Pulse also reported that Taiwan and Paraguay are negotiating international transfers of at least 5 million units, a figure the ministry has not publicly confirmed.

Two routes: Guatemala's bamboo project goes through the voluntary market, Paraguay's pilot through Article 6 of the Paris AgreementWhat is settled and what is still planned

Settled: the October 1 letter of intent; a planned price of US$30 per tonne; about 115 hectares, a 15-year vision and VCS design and verification; TaiwanICDF technical guidance.



Not yet settled: methodology, validation and registration timeline, issuable volume, the ERPA, delivery batches and payment terms.



Not addressed in public information: whether Article 6 authorization will be sought from Guatemala; Cupola360's intended use; how revenue is shared with local farmers and communities.



Our view: turning an aid project into a carbon credit supply chain means getting three things right first

The deal links a development assistance mission, a local agribusiness, international certification and a Taiwanese corporate buyer, adding income for a partner country and giving Taiwanese companies traceable credits. Three things can be put in place first for this chain to work over the long term:

Quality before price: the US$30 indicative price rests on credits that can be verified. Attention on ARR credits centers on whether baselines, permanence and buffer contributions are conservative, and as a new case, bamboo benefits from published methodology and monitoring data.



Settle the use: offsetting the domestic carbon fee or supplying compliance markets such as international aviation would require considering host-country authorization and corresponding adjustments; voluntary offsetting should avoid double claims with Guatemala's national target.



Write local rights into the contract: MAGA's initiative states that credits belong to participants, and how revenue is shared with bamboo-growing farmers and communities in an ERPA will shape the project's longevity.



Taiwan is not a party to the UNFCCC, and taking part in international carbon markets through development assistance and corporate partnerships is a workable route. With no precedent for a bamboo VCS project, building a track record on quality and transparency offers more long-term value than the "world first" label.

Sources

Carbon Pulse, Taiwan’s international aid agency backs bamboo project in Guatemala (2026-10-07)



CNA press release platform (TaiwanICDF press release), Deepening green industry cooperation: Taiwanese company partners with Guatemala on international bamboo carbon credit cooperation (2026-10-06)



Central News Agency (CNA), Lin Chia-lung witnesses Taiwan–Guatemala milestones, promoting investment matchmaking and launching electric bus and carbon credit cooperation (2026-10-04)



Guatemala's Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food (MAGA), Lanzan iniciativa de créditos de carbono en bambú (Bamboo carbon credit initiative launched)



United Daily News (republished on udn Ubrand), Taiwanese technology goes abroad: partnering with Guatemala on the world's first bamboo carbon credit project (2025-11-17)



Cupola360, ASPEED Technology announces spin-off of its reality remote management business to 100% owned subsidiary Cupola360 Inc. (2025-11-05)



Central News Agency (CNA), Across 20,000 kilometers: Taiwan and Paraguay sign climate governance MOU (2025-10-01)



Ministry of Environment (Taiwan) press release, Taiwan–Paraguay climate cooperation opens new opportunities for cross-border emission reductions (2026-05-07)



Ministry of Environment (Taiwan) press release, Taiwan–Paraguay carbon credit cooperation moves to project implementation: Deputy Minister Hsieh Yein-rui witnesses launch of Paris Agreement Article 6 pilot by ITRI and Paraguayan company (2026-09-10)



Ministry of Environment laws and regulations database, Regulations Governing the Collection of Carbon Fees








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# Two tests for the UN carbon market: how fast should baselines fall, and should cookstove credits pay for "permanence insurance"?

The 23rd meeting of the Supervisory Body of the UN's Article 6.4 mechanism (PACM), October 5–9, is debating how fast baselines should be adjusted downward and whether cookstove projects should contribute to a reversal-risk buffer.

The credibility of a carbon credit rests on two details: how the baseline, "what would emissions be without this project?", is drawn and how often it is lowered, and whether the carbon reduced could return to the atmosphere. The Supervisory Body of the Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism (PACM), set up under Article 6.4, held its 23rd meeting (SBM 023) in Bonn from October 5 to 9, with two cookstove methodologies and a "reversal risk assessment" tool on the agenda. Carbon Pulse reports that debate over how fast baselines should tighten is intensifying. This article relies only on public UN documents and verifiable reporting.

Primer: PACM, downward adjustment, reversals and the buffer pool

PACM (Paris Agreement Crediting Mechanism): run by a UN Supervisory Body and often seen as the successor to the Kyoto-era Clean Development Mechanism (CDM). It issues A6.4ERs (Article 6.4 emission reductions). Unlike country-to-country deals under Article 6.2, 6.4 is a central mechanism with UN-managed rules, methodologies and registry.



Baseline: emissions without the project; reductions equal the baseline minus actual emissions, so a higher baseline yields more credits.



Downward adjustment: PACM requires baselines below business as usual (BAU) and tightening over time.



Reversal and permanence: carbon stored in forests, soils or geological formations can be re-emitted through fire, logging or leakage, which raises permanence questions for credits tied to such carbon pools.



Buffer pool: a share of credits is set aside at each issuance in a common account and cancelled to cover reversals; the larger the share, the fewer credits a developer can sell.



fNRB (fraction of non-renewable biomass): a key cookstove parameter for the share of fuelwood harvested faster than forests regrow; a higher fraction yields larger reductions.



Six terms to know first: PACM, baseline, downward adjustment, reversal, buffer pool and fNRBWhere PACM stands

PACM's overall rules were agreed at COP26 in Glasgow in 2021. Recent progress:

May 2025: version 1 of the baseline standard took effect, setting out three baseline approaches and downward adjustment rules.



October 2025: a standard on addressing non-permanence and reversals established the buffer pool framework.



October 2025 to July 2026: the first methodologies were adopted, covering landfill gas flaring or use, nitrous oxide abatement at nitric acid plants and grid-connected renewable power.



February 26, 2026: the first A6.4ERs were approved, for an improved cookstove programme in Myanmar transitioned from the CDM (PoA 10471). Climate Home News reported about 60,000 units; the UN said newer, more conservative parameters cut issuance by about 40% compared with the CDM approach.



September 21, 2026: according to the SBM 023 agenda notes, 130 countries have designated national authorities and 70 have submitted participation information.



Test 1: how fast baselines should fall

Under the 2025 baseline standard, methodologies may use best available technology, an ambitious benchmark (the top 20% or better) or existing or historical emissions adjusted downward. The first two need no adjustment in year one, while historical baselines must be reduced from the first year according to uncertainty. From year two, the adjustment rises by at least 1% of first-year baseline emissions each year, or in three-year steps. Only methodologies using best available technology or a benchmark may request exemption from year two onward, including on economic feasibility grounds.

According to the SBM 023 agenda notes, the Methodological Expert Panel (MEP) recommended that the Supervisory Body consider exempting the household cookstove energy-efficiency methodology from adjustment after year one. In July the Body also asked the panel whether a median would be more representative when data are highly skewed, for example when a few very efficient induction stoves lift the top-tier average. The panel's baseline stove efficiencies were about 16.6% for the top-20% weighted average, about 14.0% under the adjusted historical approach and about 11.8% for the top-20% median; lower efficiency means larger calculated reductions. The panel concluded that a median would put the baseline at business-as-usual level rather than an "ambitious" one, and adopting it would first require revising the baseline standard.

Fastmarkets quoted Pascal Siegwart, vice president for carbon markets at TotalEnergies, writing on LinkedIn that the buffer pool, adjustment factors and uncertainty deductions could each stop new clean cooking investment, and arguing for science-based fNRB and stronger monitoring and verification to secure quality.

How baseline downward adjustment works: the room for issuable credits shrinks year by year (concept chart, not actual data)Test 2: "permanence insurance" for cookstove credits

The panel's 40-page September note argues that cookstove reductions in effect protect forest carbon: reductions are calculated from the non-renewable biomass saved via fNRB, and that carbon could likewise be lost to wildfire, drought or land development. It also says over-crediting (accuracy) and permanence (durability) are separate issues and should not offset each other.

Under the draft, projects would not monitor forests themselves but apply national or regional default risk values. Natural risk would be estimated from satellite and climate models; for anthropogenic risk the panel suggested a default between 20% and 45%, reducible (by 20% to 80% in total) if the host country's NDC covers land, it has a long-term low-emission strategy or it has met REDD+ requirements. According to Fastmarkets, natural risk defaults range from 7.4% in Kenya to 22.3% in Laos.

The panel acknowledged that PACM cookstove issuance would be markedly lower than for similar projects under other standards, requiring higher prices. In a hypothetical case, of about 0.39 tonnes of annual reductions per household from an efficient wood stove, about 83% is subject to reversal risk; at a 50% buffer rate issuance falls to about 0.23 tonnes. A charcoal-to-electric case falls from 0.84 to 0.79 tonnes at a 10% rate. Current market practice varies:

Gold Standard: classes cookstoves as "no control" because developers do not control forest carbon, and exempts them from the buffer.



Global Carbon Council: exempts them because effects are diffuse and cannot be attributed to individual projects, treating conservative fNRB as covering the risk indirectly.



Verra (VM0050): applies a fixed 0.95 discount covering reversals and other leakage.



ICVCM (Integrity Council for the Voluntary Carbon Market): finds no reliable way yet to assess cookstove reversal risk systematically and does not require it for now.



Fastmarkets reported that at an International Emissions Trading Association (IETA) webinar on September 29, participants said they had only just received the panel's note, needed more time to assess the combined deductions and wanted the vote postponed; Pedro Barata of the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) said the approach risks "over-layering" integrity requirements. Meanwhile, at least 130 civil society groups called after the meeting opened for the first A6.4ERs to be suspended and for an independent review of the Myanmar programme, citing verification, human rights safeguards and possible over-crediting.

The new math for cookstove credits: part of the credits goes into the buffer pool to insure against the risk that forest carbon stocks are lost in the future (illustration)Buffer-pool credits and national carbon accounts

The Body also considered a concept note on how a host country's NDC accounts should treat credits authorized for other countries' targets or international purposes once they go into the buffer pool. Until it decides, units moved into the buffer are treated as "forwarded" rather than a first transfer. This affects host countries' willingness to authorize and how many credits buyers receive.

Meeting outcome

As of writing (October 9, 2026, the last day of the meeting), the UN had not published SBM 023 decisions. Fastmarkets reported that if the vote is postponed, the next meeting is in February 2027 and the issue could carry into COP31 in Türkiye from November 9 to 20.

How this connects to our other articles

CORSIA-eligible credits: CORSIA Eligible Credits: Demand Exceeds Supply by About 175 Million Tonnes, and Where Taiwan’s Airlines Stand notes that eligible supply falls short of demand and that letters of authorization are key. Fastmarkets reported that the Myanmar programme behind the first A6.4ERs has host-country authorization covering other countries' NDCs and uses including CORSIA, but as of March PACM had not passed review by ICAO's Technical Advisory Body, so the credits cannot yet be labelled CORSIA-eligible. If PACM qualifies, stricter cookstove rules would mean scarcer and more expensive supply.



Canada's ITMO framework: Canada Develops ITMO Framework to Bring Companies Into Paris Agreement Article 6 Carbon Markets covers Article 6.2; both 6.2 and 6.4 stress additionality, avoiding double counting and permanence, and final PACM methodologies may become a reference for 6.2 agreements.



ISO 14060 net zero standard: ISO 14060 Draft Released asks companies to explain whether and how they use credits; PACM's baseline and permanence requirements offer a public yardstick for credit quality.



Carbon storage: the reversal tool now applies only to cookstoves, but the panel is developing versions for forests, geological storage and biochar, so CCS credits under PACM would follow the same permanence and buffer rules.



Our view: tighter rules will mean fewer and more expensive credits

First issuance was already 40% below the CDM approach, and cookstove projects may face buffer deductions, showing that PACM leans toward lower issuance and greater verifiability. The permanence deduction is a policy judgment: no deduction may not meet PACM's rule to address reversals in full and leaves afforestation and removal projects that must contribute to buffers with relatively higher costs, while large deductions raise costs for clean cooking projects with real health benefits for low-income households; the panel said the net effect depends on implementation. Annual baseline tightening also means a project's saleable credits decline each year, which long-term purchase contracts should factor in.

Taiwan is not a party to the UNFCCC, and under PACM it can act as a buyer and draw on the rules in designing domestic schemes:

Corporate procurement: companies with international customers or aviation credit needs can use PACM's baseline and permanence requirements as a reference when assessing credits.



Policy alignment: the Ministry of Environment says cooperation with Paraguay will generate internationally transferred mitigation outcomes under Article 6 with corresponding adjustments, as a basis for foreign credits offsetting 5% of the carbon fee; how recognition criteria for foreign credits draw on PACM methodologies can be discussed early.



Domestic methodologies: Taiwan's voluntary reduction methodologies can be reviewed for "annual baseline tightening" and "permanence risk" features as PACM rules take shape.



Sources

Carbon Pulse, FEATURE: UN carbon market faces fight over key downward adjustment mechanism (2026-10-07, paywalled feature; only the publicly available introduction is cited)



UNFCCC, 23rd meeting of the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (SBM 023), meeting page



UNFCCC, A6.4-SBM023-AA: Annotated agenda, twenty-third meeting of the Supervisory Body (2026-09-21)



UNFCCC, A6.4-MEP016-A04: Information note on matters raised by the Supervisory Body regarding the draft methodology "Energy efficiency measures in household cooking"



UNFCCC, A6.4-MEP016-A07: Draft methodological tool: Reversal risk assessment (version 02.0)



UNFCCC, A6.4-STAN-METH-004: Standard: Setting the baseline in mechanism methodologies (version 01.0)



UNFCCC, Meetings of the Article 6.4 Supervisory Body (past meetings and adopted documents)



Climate Home News, UN’s new carbon market delivers first credits through Myanmar cookstove project (2026-02-26)



Fastmarkets, UN Article 6 body faces pivotal cookstove decision as developers warn of steep credit cuts (2026-10-05)



Fastmarkets, First issuances approved under PACM from Myanmar cookstove project with LoA (2026-03-05)



Global Forest Coalition, Civil society groups call for suspension of first-ever Article 6.4 carbon credits (2026-10-06)



Ministry of Environment (Taiwan) press release, Taiwan–Paraguay climate cooperation opens new opportunities for cross-border emission reductions (2026-05-07)








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# UK and EU carbon markets are about to "link up": mutual CBAM exemptions, a rising UK carbon price, and what Taiwanese exporters need to know

POLITICO reported on October 7 that the UK and EU have agreed to link their emissions trading systems, with an announcement expected at a November summit. Goods could be exempt from each other's CBAM. Neither government has confirmed; Taiwanese goods are not covered.

After Brexit, the UK set up its own emissions trading system (UK ETS) in 2021, separate from the EU carbon market. On October 7, 2026, POLITICO reported, citing four people familiar with the matter, that the UK and the EU had concluded an agreement to link their emissions trading systems, to be announced at the UK–EU summit in November. The main effects described are that goods from each side would be exempt from the other's Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and that the UK carbon price could converge toward the EU price. Neither government has confirmed the deal and its text is not public, so this article separates official documents, reports and inference.

Primer: ETS, allowances, linking and CBAM

ETS (emissions trading system): the government sets a cap and divides it into allowances of one tonne of CO₂ equivalent each; companies surrender allowances equal to their emissions, and the allowance price is the carbon price.



UKA and EUA: UK and EU allowances, which currently cannot be used across systems and are priced separately.



Linking: mutual recognition of allowances. The UK government says that after linking each system can keep its own cap and policy design. The precedent is Switzerland, linked to the EU ETS in January 2020.



CBAM (Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism): a carbon charge on imports based on production emissions, to prevent carbon leakage. The EU CBAM entered its definitive phase on January 1, 2026; the UK CBAM starts on January 1, 2027.



Four terms to know first: ETS, allowance, linking, CBAMThe POLITICO report and the negotiating history

POLITICO reported that negotiations were complete and only needed "a bow on top", in an EU diplomat's words, ahead of an announcement at the summit in the coming weeks. The date has not been announced, but internal planning reportedly centers on November 20; UK minister for European relations Hamish Falconer said only that he had "a date in mind". Linking is the first of the three negotiations pledged at the 2025 summit to be finished; the others are a sanitary and phytosanitary (SPS) agreement and a youth experience scheme. The three form a package and will not take effect separately, and the youth scheme is still being negotiated over tuition fees and caps. The UK government and the European Commission declined to comment. All claims of a deal come from reports citing anonymous sources; Carbon Pulse reported the same day, largely relaying POLITICO, and we could not verify its paywalled text.

The negotiating framework is in official documents:

2021: Article 392(6) of the UK–EU Trade and Cooperation Agreement requires both sides to give serious consideration to linking carbon pricing.



May 19, 2025: paragraphs 34 to 45 of the first UK–EU summit's Common Understanding commit to linking the UK ETS and EU ETS through a bilateral agreement.



November 13, 2025: the Council of the EU authorized the Commission to negotiate; in December a joint statement aimed to conclude before the next summit.



January 2026: talks formally began; EU climate commissioner Wopke Hoekstra said they would start the week of January 19.



Conditions in the Common Understanding include: mutual CBAM exemption for originating goods subject to each side's legal requirements; coverage of at least power generation, industrial heat (excluding individual household heating), industry, and domestic and international maritime transport and aviation; dynamic alignment by the UK with EU rules, with a cap and trajectory at least as ambitious as the EU's; and independent arbitration, with questions of EU law ultimately decided by the Court of Justice of the EU and the UK contributing to related costs. According to the European Parliamentary Research Service, a concluded agreement needs Council adoption and the consent of the European Parliament (a yes-or-no vote without amendments), plus UK domestic procedures, and no entry-into-force date has been published.

UK–EU carbon-market linking timeline: solid markers are officially confirmed, hollow markers are reported or still pendingImpact 1: mutual CBAM exemption for UK and EU goods

A 2025 UK government document says about £7 billion of UK exports to the EU are affected by the EU CBAM and that without linking UK exporters could pay up to £800 million by 2030. POLITICO notes that once the UK CBAM starts, EU companies would likewise be charged without a link. The EU CBAM already has precedents: goods from Iceland, Liechtenstein and Norway, which take part in the EU ETS, and from Switzerland, whose system is linked, are exempt, and the UK could join them.

Impact 2: more liquidity and a likely higher UK carbon price

The UK government says its carbon market is "smaller and less liquid", with more volatile prices, and that linking would create a larger, more stable market. At settlement on October 7, 2026, UKAs traded at £62.43 per tonne and EUAs at €84.92. At roughly 1.18 euros per pound, the UK price is about €73, more than €11 or about 13% below the EU. Market reports show the spread narrowing from about €17.7 on September 25 to about €12.7 in early October as traders price in linking. POLITICO quotes critics who say the deal could raise UK carbon prices at least in the short term, adding costs for UK companies.

Our view: with allowances interchangeable, prices should converge, and since the UK is cheaper, convergence probably means UK prices rising. EU prices will also move as the market grows, and the outcome depends on the details and timetable.

What it means for Taiwanese exporters (our view)

The exemption applies only to the UK and EU: Taiwanese goods remain subject to both CBAMs. The EU CBAM covers cement, iron and steel, aluminium, fertilizers, electricity and hydrogen; the UK CBAM covers aluminium, cement, fertilizer, hydrogen and iron and steel (not electricity), and applies directly to UK importers above £50,000 in 12 months.



UK CBAM rates may rise: the rate is based on the previous quarter's average UK auction price, adjusted for free allocation, so a higher UK carbon price could raise costs for steel and aluminium exported to the UK. For comparison, the EU's Q3 2026 CBAM certificate price is €82.32 per tonne.



Rules may converge: the Common Understanding does not say whether the UK CBAM will be unified with the EU's. If emission calculations, default values and verification align, Taiwanese firms could use one set of emissions data for both markets.



Deducting Taiwan's carbon fee: Taiwan's Ministry of Environment Climate Change Administration says it has confirmed with the EU that Taiwan's carbon fee is an effective carbon price recognized under the EU CBAM, provided actual payment is shown net of rebates or subsidies. The UK CBAM has a carbon price relief mechanism, but there is no official statement on whether Taiwan's fee qualifies. Taiwan's general rate of NT$300 per tonne is under €10, so the deductible share is limited.



Costs rise each year: with 97.5% free allocation remaining in the EU in 2026, importers buy certificates for only 2.5% of emissions, and free allocation reaches zero in 2034.



The gap between UK/EU carbon prices and Taiwan's carbon fee, and the two CBAM gates Taiwanese exporters still faceWhat is still unsettled

Text and announcement date: November 20 is still reported internal planning.



The package: SPS and the youth scheme are still under negotiation.



Entry into force and transition: EU and UK procedures must be completed, and there is no official word on whether UK goods could be exempted before linking.



The UK cap: figures and trajectory are not published.



Our view: carbon markets are moving toward mutual recognition

UK–EU linking shows carbon pricing moving toward mutual recognition and exemption from each other's border charges, typically among countries with higher carbon prices and rigorous rules that are willing to align with partners. Taiwan's carbon fee is new, and companies can prepare product emissions data that stand up to third-party verification and follow UK CBAM rates and rules closely, while domestic carbon pricing continues to align with international practice. If the November summit announces the deal, its text is the next thing to read.

Sources

POLITICO Europe, UK and EU reach Brexit agreement to link carbon emissions trading systems (2026-10-07)



Carbon Pulse, UK, EU reach agreement to link emissions trading systems -media (2026-10-07, paywalled)



UK government, UK-EU Summit - Common Understanding (2025-05-19)



UK government, UK-EU Summit - Explainer (2025-05-19)



Council of the EU, EU-UK relations: Council greenlights negotiations on agri-food deal and linking emissions trading systems (2025-11-13)



UK government (UK ETS authority), UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS): a policy overview (updated 2026-09-07)



European Parliamentary Research Service, Linking the EU and UK emissions trading systems (2025)



ICAP, EU and UK commit to linking emissions trading systems in landmark cooperation agreement



UK government, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM): Policy summary



UK government, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (import threshold and covered sectors)



UK legislation, The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (Calculation of CBAM Rate and Determination of Carbon Price Relief) Regulations 2026



European Commission, Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM)



EUR-Lex, summary of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 (CBAM scope and Annex III exempt countries)



German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt), CBAM Certificates (updated 2026-07-28, including 2026 quarterly certificate prices)



Purely Energy, UK ETS carbon price (settlement 2026-10-07)



Purely Energy, EU ETS carbon price (settlement 2026-10-07)



Catalyst Commercial, UK Energy Market Report (2026-10-05, including UK–EU carbon price spread)



Ministry of Environment Climate Change Administration (Taiwan), current rules on deducting Taiwan's carbon fee under the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (EU CBAM) (2026-03-26)



Ministry of Environment (Taiwan) press release, announcement of the carbon fee collection rates (2024-10-23)








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# Formosa Plastics Plans an AI Data Center and Low-Carbon Power at Mailiao: What Is Confirmed and What Is Still Planned

Formosa Smart Energy signed a letter of intent on October 7 to co-build an MW-scale AI data center at Mailiao, and TSMC is reported to be studying low-carbon power from a new Mailiao gas plant with carbon storage. Capacity, power sources and contracts are not yet set.

Two recent reports concern the Sixth Naphtha Cracker complex in Mailiao, Yunlin: Formosa Smart Energy plans to build an AI data center there with CHUANG-XI, and TSMC is reported to be working with Formosa Petrochemical on pairing Mailiao's new gas-fired plant with carbon capture and storage to produce low-carbon power it can buy. Both turn the complex's existing land, power and utilities into new businesses. Both are at an early stage, so this article separates what is confirmed from what is planned.

Primer: AIDC, CSP, "MW-scale" and CCS

AIDC (AI data center): a data center for AI servers, usually with GPUs or other accelerators. It has higher power and cooling demand per unit of floor area and strict requirements for supply stability.



CSP (cloud service provider): a company that rents out space, servers and networking as a service, such as colocation or on-demand compute. It is a long-term, monthly-billed operating business.



MW-scale: MW is a megawatt (1 MW = 1,000 kW). "MW-scale" describes an order of magnitude and gives no exact figure. For comparison, one unit of Mailiao's new gas plant is 1,200 MW.



CCS (carbon capture and storage): capturing CO₂ from a plant, compressing it and injecting it into deep rock formations for long-term storage. Gas power with CCS has much lower emissions and is often called "low-carbon power", though it is neither renewable nor zero-emission.



Four terms to know first: AIDC, CSP, MW, CCSStory one: Formosa Smart Energy and CHUANG-XI build an AI data center in Mailiao

On October 7, 2026, Formosa Smart Energy, a Formosa Plastics Group affiliate, announced a letter of intent with CHUANG-XI to build an AI data center with the Mailiao industrial park as the first site, and plans to set up a CSP joint venture to run it and sell compute. The first phase is "initially planned at MW scale", uses a modular design that integrates site, power and utility systems, and can be expanded in phases as customers require. After acceptance testing, the joint venture would operate the AIDC; CHUANG-XI brings smart operations, cybersecurity and global networking, and plans colocation and compute rental.

Formosa Smart Energy chairwoman Sandy Wang said the group has long built up large industrial sites, power and utilities and aims to turn them into growth for the AI era, extending the company from engineering into services. The letter of intent sets a direction for cooperation and the joint venture is still being planned; the announcement did not disclose investment, exact capacity, start date, customer commitments or power source.

Story two: Mailiao's gas-fired plant plus carbon storage, and the low-carbon power TSMC wants to buy

The coal-to-gas conversion at the Mailiao power plant is already under construction. Formosa Petrochemical is investing more than NT$130 billion in two 1,200 MW combined-cycle gas units, its own LNG terminal and a south utility wharf. Ground was broken on December 19, 2025, with commercial operation targeted for December 31, 2029 under Taipower dispatch. The company estimates 14 to 16 billion kWh a year, about 5% of national generation, with emissions about 60% lower than under coal.

The carbon storage cooperation comes from media reports:

CommonWealth Magazine (2026-09-21): reported exclusively that TSMC and Formosa Petrochemical had "formally signed" to study CCS at the gas plant; the form and value of the agreement were not disclosed.



Wealth Magazine (2026-09-24, republished by Economic Daily News and others): TSMC has assessed carbon capture since 2023 and discussed with Formosa Petrochemical whether power from the new units with CCS could be bought by TSMC the way renewable power is traded. It described a project among TSMC, Formosa Petrochemical and ExxonMobil, said Formosa Petrochemical is reportedly preparing a storage exploration application by year-end, and noted that Brad Crabtree of ExxonMobil Low Carbon Solutions visited Taiwan in mid-September.



CNA (2026-09-29): Formosa Petrochemical president Keh-Yen Lin confirmed that "we were going to do it ourselves, and now TSMC has joined", said a pilot site would come first before any scale-up, and said an environmental impact assessment and talks with local government and environmental groups are needed: "this is not a matter of one or two years".



Business Today ESG (2026-10-07): reported the two companies are considering NT$5 billion to NT$10 billion for CCS, a figure not confirmed by either company.



Since 2022, Formosa Petrochemical has assessed coastal storage potential at Mailiao with National Central University, and that year ran a demonstration with National Tsing Hua University capturing 1 tonne of CO₂ per day. None of the three companies has issued a formal press release, and the storage site, capture volume, and the quantity and price of low-carbon power are not public. The Ministry of Environment issued the Regulations for the Management of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage on August 25, 2026, requiring an exploration application and an environmental impact assessment before storage approval. For Mailiao to become Taiwan's first privately developed storage site, it would complete these steps in turn. See also Taiwan's carbon capture and storage experiments.

Timeline of the Mailiao gas-fired plant and carbon storage: solid markers are confirmed, hollow markers are reported or plannedWhat is confirmed and what is still planned

Under way: the Mailiao gas units, LNG terminal and wharf; the Formosa Smart Energy and CHUANG-XI letter of intent (2026-10-07); Formosa Petrochemical's storage assessment and small capture demonstration (since 2022).



Reported, not formally announced: the terms of the TSMC and Formosa Petrochemical CCS agreement; ExxonMobil's role; the NT$5 to 10 billion investment; a year-end exploration application.



Still planned: the CSP joint venture; AIDC capacity and start date; the storage pilot; when and at what price TSMC could buy Mailiao's low-carbon power.



Our view: both businesses depend on long-term contracts

The group is developing the complex's land, generation, utilities and experience with gas handling and subsurface engineering into two products: compute services and power with low-carbon attributes. A data center recovers costs through occupancy and service prices; low-carbon power relies on buyers paying for the carbon attribute over many years. Both need long-term contracts to recover the investment. Public information does not link the two; Formosa Smart Energy's announcement does not mention power from the new gas plant or carbon storage, and treating them as one strategy is our interpretation.

Four things to watch (our view)

Capacity: "MW-scale" could mean a few MW or several tens of MW. Disclosure of IT load, total site demand and cooling design would show the energy need. The IEA notes that data center electricity includes cooling and uninterruptible power supplies, with cooling ranging from about 7% in efficient large facilities to more than 30%, and that loads are often concentrated in specific locations, which calls for coordinated grid planning.



Power source: whether the data center uses the Taipower grid, on-site cogeneration, or separately procured green power and certificates determines whether it can be called "low-carbon compute".



Emissions accounting: low-carbon gas power with CCS depends on the actual capture rate, the energy use of capture equipment, upstream methane leakage and long-term monitoring. Taiwan's rules for recognizing low-carbon power and certificates are still under discussion and will affect whether TSMC can count the power toward its reductions. Boston University professor Sovacool, visiting Taiwan, advised that CCS should be prioritized for hard-to-abate industries such as cement and steel.



Contracts: for the AIDC, when the joint venture is formed and whether customers sign; for CCS, whether the cooperation moves from research to a power purchase agreement and at what price. CommonWealth estimated "NT$1.5 more per kWh", and how that cost is shared is the key commercial question.



Four things to watch next: capacity, power source, carbon accounting, contractsSources

Formosa Smart Energy press release: "Formosa Smart Energy enters AI data center CSP operations, teams up with CHUANG-XI to launch first co-build project in Mailiao" (2026-10-07)



Central News Agency (CNA): "Formosa Smart Energy moves into CSP market, partners with CHUANG-XI to co-build AIDC in Mailiao" (2026-10-07)



CommonWealth Magazine: "Exclusive: TSMC teams up with Formosa Petrochemical on carbon capture. NT$1.5 more per kWh: can thermal power go low-carbon?" (2026-09-21)



Economic Daily News (republished from Wealth Magazine): "Not enough green power? TSMC quietly bets on CCS; Mailiao power plant plus subsea storage opens a new energy path" (2026-09-24)



Central News Agency (CNA): "AI and net zero: On carbon storage with TSMC, Formosa Petrochemical's Keh-Yen Lin says it is not a matter of one or two years" (2026-09-29)



Business Today ESG: "TSMC turns to Formosa Petrochemical for low-carbon power: can carbon capture and storage be the answer?" (2026-10-07)



Liberty Times: "Taiwan's first private power plant to build its own LNG terminal breaks ground; Formosa Petrochemical expects commercial operation by end-2029" (2025-12-19)



IEA, Energy and AI: Energy demand from A








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# Paper2Agent Turns Papers into AI Agents, and Research Institutions Need to Adjust Knowledge Management

Whether Paper2Agent is useful depends on whether research institutions have organized their knowledge in a form that can be executed. The Stanford team's tool can turn a paper that comes with code into an AI agent. Users can question it in plain language, and it runs analyses on its own.

First things first: what is an AI agent?

An AI agent does more than answer questions: it installs software, calls tools, runs code and reports back. Paper2Agent turns a paper into such an agent.

From passive documents to agents that get things done

To apply a paper’s method, researchers usually have to install the authors’ software and work out the data format first, which can take days. Earth.com reported on October 4 that Paper2Agent, developed by Stanford postdoctoral scholar Jiacheng Miao, associate professor James Zou and colleagues, removes that step: users ask questions in plain language and the agent runs the paper’s own code to answer. The study is published in Nature.

Set up the environment: the first agent installs the software environment the code needs.



Build the tools: the second agent packages the paper's main methods as tools that other AI systems can call.



Check the results: the third agent tests each tool against the results and figures reported in the paper, and any tool that keeps failing is dropped.



Paper2Agent’s three stages (AI-generated illustration)Tools that pass are packaged with the paper’s text, data and common analysis steps using the Model Context Protocol (MCP), a shared standard for giving AI access to external tools and data. Zou says MCP puts a paper in a form agents can easily access, “almost like a filing system”.

What the numbers say

Take AlphaGenome, Google DeepMind's genome model. The system built 22 tools for it in about 45 minutes with no human stepping in at all. It ran on a personal laptop, and the whole job cost just US$14.

On 30 open-ended research questions that required chaining several tools, the agent scored 82.7%. Claude working directly from the code managed only 56.7%, while Biomni, another AI research assistant, reached 72.2%.

In a larger-scale test, 74 of 100 computational biology papers were successfully turned into agents, and 593 of the 599 proposed tools passed testing. On 300 questions, the agents scored 91.2%, ahead of 80.3% when working directly from the code.

Key numbers (AI-generated illustration)Three agents team up to find a psoriasis gene

The most watched experiment had three paper agents work together. The AlphaGenome agent predicted that, in CD4+ T cells (white blood cells that regulate immune responses), psoriasis-linked loci most affect the gene GPR137. Cross-checked with agents from two other papers, only GPR137 of five candidate genes matched, and only in stimulated cells. No new experiments were run; it all used existing data.

The limits are clear too

The authors stress that the agents are not independent scientists: researchers still choose the direction, and people still have to weigh the evidence. Anyone who publishes an agent has to keep maintaining the software underneath it. Questions of security, ownership and academic credit remain unresolved. The authors also suggest that journals may one day ask papers to include an "agent availability" section.

What it means for Taiwan

The 26 papers that failed in Paper2Agent, for missing code, missing data or environments that would not install, are a useful reference for research institutions. Taiwan’s research institutes and universities produce many project reports and experimental datasets each year, but code and data often sit on personal computers and go unmaintained after projects end. Working with agents will require knowledge management that goes beyond filing PDFs.

Delivering research outputs (AI-generated illustration)Deliver code, data and runtime environments together with reports as research outputs.

Set the rules on access to internal data, maintenance responsibilities and credit attribution first.



Sources

Earth.com, Research papers can now become AI agents that answer questions (October 4, 2026): https://www.earth.com/science/research-papers-can-now-become-ai-agents-that-answer-questions/



Nature News, AI tool turns any paper into an 'agent' that can collaborate and answer complex queries (September 16, 2026): https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-026-02899-2



Paper: Miao, J., Davis, J. R., Zhang, Y., Pritchard, J. K. & Zou, J., Nature (2026): https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-026-11044-y







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# CoreWeave Physical AI Head: Models Most Often Fail Because Training Data Does Not Include the Critical Moments

CoreWeave's head of physical AI, Richard Ahlfeld, says the most common cause of failure is a training set that never captured the critical moments. The observation also applies to test-run data at energy demonstration sites.

First things first: what is physical AI?

Physical AI acts in the real world: self-driving cars, factory robots, humanoid robots or equipment failure prediction. It works with sensor, camera, test-bench and telemetry data, and a wrong call can mean a crash, downtime or damaged equipment.

Data from normal operation alone cannot teach a model to predict failures

AI cloud company CoreWeave launched its Physical AI Field Engineering service on September 10, 2026. It embeds engineers with automotive, aerospace and mechanical backgrounds in client teams to build models from clients’ test-bench results, simulation outputs, production-line sensors and live telemetry. The team and approach come from Monolith, an engineering AI company CoreWeave acquired in 2025.

Richard Ahlfeld, Monolith's founder and now SVP of Physical AI at CoreWeave, put it bluntly in a written interview with Superintelligence: the most common failure is "a training set that never contained the moments that matter." As he puts it, "If you want me to predict when your car fails and you give me 100,000 hours of flawless driving data, I am blind."

NEURA Gym: a data loop that closes every day

He points to customer NEURA Robotics as an example. NEURA Gym runs roughly 100 cells where a robot attempts a customer's real task. The loop closes daily: evaluate what happened, decide what data to collect, collect it, train, validate in simulation, and test on the physical robot again.

The lesson: finding the right data matters more than volume. Field engineers use domain knowledge to decide which edge cases (rare situations that cause real trouble when they occur) deserve synthetic coverage and which anomalies are meaningful signals.

The daily data loop (AI-generated illustration)75 iterations for decisions made in under 30 seconds

Another example is the radio system for the Aston Martin Aramco Formula One Team: starting from seven hours of annotated audio, it was refined over 75 iterations to cope with engine noise, 300 km/h wind, multilingual drivers and team shorthand.

Each version was checked in Weights & Biases Weave on word error rate and LLM-judged quality, and the system ran at the Qatar and Abu Dhabi races before full rollout. Problems that used to take engineers several minutes are now handled within a pit-stop window of under 30 seconds. The interview gave no error rates; “75” and “30 seconds” describe process and outcome, not accuracy.

Validate the simulation before trusting synthetic data

Critical real-world moments are rare and not easy to record, so the industry often uses simulators or “world models” that generate realistic scenes to produce synthetic data. Ahlfeld’s first rule: validate the simulation extensively against controlled real-world measurements. He sorts synthetic data into two categories:

What synthetic data can fill: gaps that physics models well, such as lighting, geometry and motion.



What still needs physical testing: granular, liquid and soft materials, erratic human behavior, and the differences between the hardware itself and its simulation.



What synthetic data and real testing each cover (AI-generated illustration)His example is a humanoid robot in training: its raw data had only a few low-light clips and no direct sunlight, and the task failed. The team used the NVIDIA Cosmos world model to add those lighting conditions; after retraining, the robot handled both. He stresses that it worked because lighting is a world-model strength; problems of contact, material behaviour or wear still need real testing.

What it means for Taiwan

Test-run anomaly data (AI-generated illustration)Taiwan’s energy transition is in a phase of many demonstrations and test runs, with CCS, hydrogen and new generation equipment building up their first field data. Three practices to consider:

Keep anomaly data: record anomalies, shutdowns and edge-of-envelope conditions from test runs systematically, not just steady-state data.



Validate the simulation before using it to fill data: use real measurements to establish where the simulation can be trusted; areas such as subsurface fluids and material corrosion, where simulation is less accurate, still need field testing.



Keep humans in the loop: Ahlfeld says every AI recommendation for a physical system should be reviewed by a person and leave a traceable record, which applies to power plants and demonstration sites too.



Sources

Superintelligence, "The most common failure isn't a bad model": CoreWeave's Richard Ahlfeld on physical AI (published October 4, 2026): https://read.getsuperintel.com/p/the-most-common-failure-isn-t-a-bad-model-coreweave-s-richard-ahlfeld-on-physical-ai



CoreWeave, CoreWeave Launches Physical AI Field Engineering (September 10, 2026): https://www.coreweave.com/news/coreweave-launches-physical-ai-field-engineering-to-turn-proprietary-data-into-production-ai



CoreWeave, AI Agents Decode F1 Radio in Near Real Time: https://www.coreweave.com/blog/how-ai-agents-on-coreweave-help-process-f1-radio-in-near-real-time



CoreWeave, CoreWeave's Stack for Physical AI: https://www.coreweave.com/blog/wayve-decart-neura-robotics-nissan-all-running-physical-ai-on-coreweave



NEURA Robotics, NEURA Gym: https://neura-robotics.com/neuragym/







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# Germany Advances Cross-Border CO₂ Storage: Institutional Questions for Taiwan

Cross-border CO₂ storage requires agreement on permits, liability, emission-reduction accounting and full-chain costs, points Taiwan can refer to when assessing overseas storage. On October 6, Germany signed CO₂ export letters of intent with Denmark and the Netherlands.

In an announcement on October 7, 2026, Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy said that State Secretary Frank Wetzel had signed CO₂ export letters of intent with Denmark and with the Netherlands in Berlin the day before, advancing cooperation on carbon capture, utilization and storage. The announcement gave no export volumes or commercial start dates. German government announcement

Permits and liability in cross-border storage

The letters were signed at the first strategic dialogue of Germany's carbon management forum, and the government is drafting a carbon management action plan on the economics of capture, transport, storage and utilization. The International Maritime Organization (IMO) explains under the London Protocol that exporting CO₂ for storage in sub-seabed formations requires an agreement or arrangement between countries and involves allocating permitting and liability. The provisional application mechanism adopted in 2019 adds formal declaration and notification requirements. The legal and commercial terms of individual projects remain to be set in later agreements. IMO explanation

Points Taiwan can consider for overseas storage

From permitting and injection to long-term monitoring, every stage of cross-border storage needs a clear answer on who is responsible (AI-generated illustration)The following are policy observations drawn from the German case. On cross-border liability, the parties need to agree where CO₂ is handed over between the capture plant, transport operator and storage operator, who pays when quality is off-spec or transport or injection is interrupted, and how regulators obtain complete data. These terms should be consistent across permits, contracts and oversight.

On emission-reduction accounting, captured, shipped, injected and monitored volumes need records that can be cross-checked, along with clarity on which reductions are accepted, who verifies them and how double counting is avoided. The extra energy used in capture and transport belongs in the net estimate. On long-term liability, post-closure monitoring, leak response and funding if an operator exits shape the credibility of a storage service and companies' willingness to sign long-term contracts.

Full-chain costs

Capture, compression, port, shipping, injection and monitoring each carry a cost (AI-generated illustration)Offers should be priced across capture, compression or liquefaction, port handling, shipping, injection and monitoring, not on a per-tonne storage price alone. First-customer volume commitments, facility utilization and the sharing of delay risk also affect financing. The next step to follow is how Germany's letters of intent turn into concrete permits, transport and storage arrangements, which Taiwan can use to judge which emission sources suit overseas storage and what share it should take in decarbonization planning.




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Source: German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE) — https://www.bundeswirtschaftsministerium.de/Redaktion/DE/Pressemitteilungen/2026/10/20261007-absichtserklaerungen-co2-export.html

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# CORSIA Eligible Credits: Demand Exceeds Supply by About 175 Million Tonnes, and Where Taiwan’s Airlines Stand

The first phase of CORSIA, international aviation’s carbon offsetting scheme, is about to settle, and the supply of eligible credits is far below demand, making eligibility a main driver of price. Taiwan’s airlines can plan their carbon credit strategy early.

First things first: how CORSIA works

International aviation emissions sit outside national carbon accounts and are managed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO). Its Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA), adopted in 2016, sets the 2024–2035 baseline at 85% of 2019 emissions; airlines offset emissions above it with carbon credits.

Usable credits, called eligible emissions units (EEUs), must come from ICAO-approved programmes; those generated after 2021 may also need a letter of authorization (LoA) from the host country committing not to count them toward its nationally determined contribution (NDC).

How far apart are supply and demand?

The first phase of CORSIA covers 2024 to 2026. Airlines must cancel EEUs between December 2027 and January 2028 to complete the first round of compliance.

IATA estimated in June 2026 that first-phase demand is 213 million tonnes of CO2 in its baseline scenario, against eligible supply of about 38 million tonnes, a difference of roughly 175 million tonnes. ICAO puts demand at 170 to 236 million tonnes; Sylvera’s “partial implementation” scenario, which excludes routes within the European Economic Area among other factors, puts it at about 163 million tonnes. All three show supply covering a small share of demand.

Eligible supply and aviation demand (conceptual, not to scale)The difference is narrowing. IATA's September 18 update says that as of August 2026, about 72 million units were backed by 42 CORSIA-compatible Letters of Authorization, with about 150 million more units needing such backing within 15 months.

Why are eligible credits so few?

The first phase of CORSIA accepts only eight programs approved by ICAO, and not every project type or vintage qualifies. Credits generated from 2021 onward can also be held up while they wait for the host country's Letter of Authorization. Sylvera estimates that of the roughly 300 million tonnes of issued credits that "may" qualify, only about 13% have become EEUs.

CORSIA eligibility conditions (illustration)Credits with the eligible label are rising in value

Issue 86 of the Carbon Market Journal reports that on September 28, Base Carbon’s cookstove project in Rwanda received Verra’s CORSIA Phase 1 eligibility label for another 639,609 units. In July, Base Carbon said ICE’s December 2026 CORSIA Phase 1 futures had risen about 39% since June 30.

Eligibility labelling; the cookstove is illustrativeThe second phase begins in 2027 and runs to 2035. On ICAO's current list, 134 States are participating, so the pool of demand will only grow.

Phase 2 broadens participation (conceptual)What it means for Taiwan (our view)

Taiwan is not an ICAO member, but since 2019 its Civil Aeronautics Administration (CAA) has required Taiwanese airlines to monitor, report and verify international-flight emissions under CORSIA rules, and a 2023 amendment completed the legal framework. Taiwanese airlines’ 2019 international-flight emissions were about 12.8 million tonnes; CAA officials said in 2023 that from 2024, airlines missing their targets must buy carbon credits.

Our view: with eligible credits below demand worldwide and prices likely to rise, Taiwanese airlines can enter the market early along two paths:

Lock in eligible units early: buy through long-term contracts, and check each project's Letter of Authorization and eligibility label one by one.



Keep promoting sustainable aviation fuel (SAF): in April 2025, China Airlines, EVA Air and STARLUX flew with SAF for the first time from Taoyuan, Songshan and Kaohsiung. The Ministry of Transportation and Communications' SAF plan sets a target for Taiwanese airlines to use at least 5% SAF by 2030.



Policymakers could also explore making Taiwan’s own reduction projects a recognized supply source for international aviation.

Two paths for Taiwanese airlines (conceptual; does not imply Taiwan credits qualify)Sources

Carbon Market Journal #86 | CORSIA Crunch, Clean Energy & the Race to Net Zero (CarbonCredits.com, LinkedIn newsletter, October 3, 2026): https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/carbon-market-journal-86-corsia-crunch-clean-energy-race-wjlbe



CarbonCredits.com, CORSIA Credit Crunch: Base Carbon Adds 640,000 Rwanda Credits to Aviation Market (September 29, 2026): https://carboncredits.com/base-carbon-corsia-rwanda-credits-supply-gap/



Base Carbon press release (GlobeNewswire, September 28, 2026): https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2026/09/28/3369789/0/en/base-carbon-announces-corsia-eligible-tagging-of-previously-issued-carbon-credits.html



ICAO, CORSIA Eligible Emissions Unit Supply Project (CSP) presentation: https://www.icao.int/filebrowser/download/130608?fid=130608



IATA Chart of the Week, CORSIA EEU Supply is Growing but not Fast Enough (September 18, 2026): https://www.iata.org/en/iata-repository/publications/economic-reports/corsia-eeu-supply-is-growing-but-not-fast-enough/



Sylvera, CORSIA Countdown (June 2026): https://info.sylvera.com/hubfs/CORSIA-Countdown-Report%5FSylvera-June2026.pdf



Ministry of Transportation and Communications press release (in Chinese), CAA completes the legal framework for Taiwanese airlines' emissions reduction under ICAO's mechanism (December 8, 2023): https://www.motc.gov.tw/ch/app/data/view?id=14&module=news&serno=c521a803-0b6f-47a0-8a7b-1c1bf120500e



Central News Agency (in Chinese), Taiwanese airlines face a tough challenge from 2024 and must buy carbon credits if they miss targets (December 8, 2023): https://netzero.cna.com.tw/news/202312080242/



CAA SAF presentation (in Chinese): first SAF use by Taiwanese airlines and the SAF flagship action plan for emissions reduction (April 23, 2025): https://service.cca.gov.tw/File/Get/cca/zh-tw/Q1a1DBnybG5B34U







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# Canada Develops ITMO Framework to Bring Companies Into Paris Agreement Article 6 Carbon Markets

Environment and Climate Change Canada said on September 24, 2026 it is developing a framework for trading ITMOs under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, to steer investment into carbon removal and nature-based solutions. Final rules will follow consultation.

First things first: what is an ITMO?

Article 6 of the Paris Agreement lets countries cooperate on their climate targets. Under Article 6.2, one country’s emission reductions or removals, once authorized by its government, can be transferred to another country and counted toward that country’s target; these are internationally transferred mitigation outcomes (ITMOs).

To avoid double counting, both sides must make a “corresponding adjustment” and set up tracking and accounting arrangements before ITMOs can be traded.

Canada announces it is developing an ITMO framework

On September 24, 2026, Julie Dabrusin, Canada's Minister of the Environment, Climate Change and Nature, announced that the federal government is developing a policy framework for trading ITMOs, to let companies join international carbon markets, drive investment in carbon removal technologies and nature-based solutions, and create export opportunities. Dabrusin said it is about "turning our natural advantages and homegrown climate innovation into investment, good jobs, and new export opportunities."

The framework is still being developed: the government will consult provinces, territories, Indigenous organizations and other partners, and which projects qualify awaits final rules. Officials say it complements more than $13 billion in international climate finance in the spring economic update, which made Canada one of the first countries to announce post-2026 climate finance commitments.

The quality bar: real, additional, verified, permanent

Canada stresses that credits used as ITMOs must meet Article 6 requirements, and that clear rules give investors certainty:

Additionality: the reductions or removals must be ones that would not have happened without the cooperative arrangement.



No double counting: the same outcome cannot count toward the targets of both the exporting and the importing country.



Robust accounting: reductions and removals must be real, verified and permanent.



Why Canada is betting on carbon removal

CarbonCredits.com, citing official data, says Canada emitted about 685 million tonnes of greenhouse gases in 2024 (excluding land use), 10.3% below 2005, with oil and gas the largest source at 208 million tonnes. Reaching net zero requires removals as well as cuts.

Canada has suitable storage geology, clean power and energy and industrial experience, so direct air capture (DAC) and bioenergy with carbon capture and storage (BECCS) could become clean-tech export industries. Canadian projects that generate eligible, authorized mitigation outcomes could transfer them abroad under Article 6.2 agreements, and the revenue would improve the economics of early, higher-cost technologies.

Citing Carbon Removal Canada modelling, the article says removals could add $78 billion a year to Canada’s GDP by 2050 and create or support about 300,000 jobs.

What it means for Taiwan (our view)

Our view: Taiwan is not a Party to the UNFCCC, so it would connect with Article 6 authorizations and corresponding adjustments through other arrangements; additionality, permanence and avoiding double counting offer reference points for its system design:

The carbon fee is already being collected: the first carbon fee payments were due on June 1, 2026, and all 461 facilities (240 companies) declared and paid, for a total of NT$4.97 billion.



Foreign credits can be used, up to a cap: under the Regulations Governing the Collection of Carbon Fees, businesses that are not at high risk of carbon leakage may use foreign emission reduction credits recognized by the Ministry of Environment to offset their chargeable emissions, up to 5%. The cap for domestic emission reduction credits is 10%.



Questions: will the Ministry of Environment draw on Article 6 authorization and corresponding-adjustment requirements when recognizing foreign credits, and how will domestic credit quality and accounting rules align internationally?



Sources

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Federal Government developing framework for greater international cooperation on carbon markets (September 24, 2026): https://www.canada.ca/en/environment-climate-change/news/2026/09/federal-government-developing-framework-for-greater-international-cooperation-on-carbon-markets.html



CarbonCredits.com, How Canada's New ITMO Framework Could Unlock International Carbon Markets (October 2, 2026): https://carboncredits.com/how-canadas-new-itmo-framework-could-unlock-international-carbon-markets/



Ministry of Environment press release (in Chinese), a key milestone for Taiwan's carbon pricing system: carbon fees declared by companies total NT$4.97 billion (June 3, 2026): https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/moenv-news/zh-tw/News/1628



Ministry of Environment laws and regulations database (in Chinese), Regulations Governing the Collection of Carbon Fees: https://oaout.moenv.gov.tw/law/LawContent.aspx?id=GL007914







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Source: CarbonCredits.com — https://carboncredits.com/how-canadas-new-itmo-framework-could-unlock-international-carbon-markets/

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# IEA: Upfront Costs, Financing and the Grid Hold Back Electrification

Upfront investment, financing and grid expansion are the main barriers to electrification. The IEA says electricity is 23% of global final energy use and could reach 33% cost-effectively today; in its high-electrification scenario it hits 35% by 2035, saving importers about US$400 billion a year.

First things first: what is electrification?

Electrification means switching uses that burn oil, gas or coal to electricity: electric vehicles, heat pumps, electric boilers or industrial heat pumps. The International Energy Agency (IEA) measures it as electricity’s share of final energy consumption, about 23% globally today; coal, oil and gas together account for just over 60%.

Its advantage is efficiency: an EV is about three times as energy-efficient as a combustion car, and a heat pump delivers 3 to 5 units of heat per unit of electricity, against less than 1 for a conventional boiler. So electricity, at 23% of final energy, provides nearly 40% of energy services and powers economic activity that generates over 45% of global GDP.

The IEA's key numbers: 23%, 30%, 33%, 35%

The IEA published its Electrification special report on September 22 at the request of Türkiye and Australia, which hold the COP31 presidency. Its key figures belong to different scenarios:

Stated Policies Scenario (STEPS): if countries stay on their current policy course, the electrification rate reaches about 30% by 2035.



Cost-competitive potential: based on 2025 equipment costs, energy prices and financing conditions, electrifying everything that is already cost-effective today would bring the rate to 33%. This is an estimate of potential, not a forecast.



High Electrification Scenario (HES): the rate reaches 35% by 2035, the global goal now under discussion for COP31. The price is that global electricity demand has to grow by about 1,400 TWh a year, nearly twice the pace of the past decade.



Transport has the most potential: lithium battery prices have fallen about 90% since 2010, and about half of fuel-based road transport is already cheaper to electrify. About half of space heating in buildings and about 40% of low- and medium-temperature industrial process energy (mainly textiles, food processing, pulp and paper, and some chemicals) can also be electrified cost-effectively.

23% today, about 30% by 2035 under current policies, about 33% cost-effective potential, 35% under the HES (AI-generated illustration)Barriers beyond equipment costs

Per unit of energy, electricity usually costs more than gas or petrol, but per unit of service it is often cheaper. On IEA 2025 global averages, US$100 takes an EV about three times as far as a combustion car, and provides about 42 days of heating with a heat pump against about 30 with a gas boiler.

Pricier per kWh, cheaper per unit of service (AI-generated illustration)Upfront investment: under the HES, global end-use electrification investment triples to about US$1 trillion by 2035, much of it borne by households and SMEs, some of whom face high borrowing costs or cannot borrow.

Electricity-to-fuel price ratio: whether a heat pump pays off depends on the ratio of power to gas prices. The IEA’s sensitivity analysis finds that 15% cheaper equipment, or a 10% shift in electricity or fuel prices, each has a bigger effect than lower financing rates.

Factories: industrial heat pumps are already cheaper than gas boilers in regions with over three-quarters of global low-temperature heat demand, but uptake is low because SMEs face high upfront costs, have limited installation and operating experience, and must wait for grid upgrades.

Grid capacity constraints

The IEA says grids may be the main factor setting the pace of electrification. Under the HES:

Global grids have to expand around 40% faster than over the past decade, reaching 115 million kilometers by 2035.



Grid investment has to rise from about US$450 billion in 2025 to around US$930 billion by 2035 (in the HES combined with a net zero power mix).



Peak electricity demand rises by 1,900 GW, equivalent to 40% of today's global peak. Peak hours shift from times of air-conditioning use to the evening, when EVs are plugged in to charge.



Distribution upgrades are the costliest part, about two-thirds of grid investment, so shifting EV and heat-pump demand away from peaks (demand-side flexibility) matters as much as storage: on a net-zero path, global battery storage grows nearly tenfold to about 2,900 GW by 2035.

Grid build-out needs (AI-generated illustration)Energy security: buy less fuel, but keep the power secure

This year's Strait of Hormuz crisis is the second major energy shock in five years. Since February 2026, 25 countries have announced new electrification-related policies. The IEA estimates that:

By 2035, oil demand avoided by EVs is around 10 million barrels per day under the Stated Policies Scenario, rising to 18 million barrels in the HES.



In the HES, fuel importers' import bills in 2035 are around a quarter lower than in 2025, or about US$400 billion a year. Measured against 2026's higher energy prices, the savings exceed US$500 billion.



The report adds two points: if extra demand is met by gas-fired power, part of the cut in gas imports is offset; and with battery and critical-mineral supply chains highly concentrated, plus cyberattacks and natural disasters, power-system security becomes more important. Installed equipment, however, needs no continuous fuel imports and keeps running through supply-chain disruptions.

What it means for Taiwan (our view)

What follows is our reading, not the IEA’s conclusion about Taiwan. Energy Administration data show Taiwan’s 2025 energy import dependence at 94.62% and energy imports worth US$45.9 billion; 84.49% of power comes from thermal plants, gas supplies 47.69%, and 79.54% of natural gas is used for power. Questions to consider:

Industrial heat: 61.48% of Taiwan's electricity consumption is in the energy and industrial sectors. Among textile, food, paper and some chemical producers, how much process heat is below 150°C and suitable for industrial heat pumps? Who will help small and medium-sized enterprises with upfront funding and grid capacity upgrades?



Transport: the transport sector accounts for just 0.72% of electricity consumption. Could electrifying scooters and buses become a priority, following the report's analysis of electric two- and three-wheelers in densely populated cities?



Low-carbon power: if new demand is met mainly by gas, the gains in reducing import dependence will be diluted. Can renewables and other low-carbon sources keep pace?



Taipower tariffs: the report says the electricity-to-fuel price ratio decides whether heat pumps and EVs pay off; how Taiwan’s tariff structure and fuel taxes affect electrification is worth examining.

Sources

IEA, Electrification (Special Report, September 22, 2026, CC BY 4.0): https://www.iea.org/reports/electrification



IEA, full report (PDF): https://iea.blob.core.windows.net/assets/1c696cc3-e251-46a9-8d4d-9edb2a4e806a/Electrification.pdf



IEA press release, Electrification takes centre stage as Hormuz shock spurs countries to seek to enhance energy security (September 22, 2026): https://www.iea.org/news/electrification-takes-centre-stage-as-hormuz-shock-spurs-countries-to-seek-to-enhance-energy-security



Down To Earth, Cost-effective electrification could raise electricity share to 35 per cent by 2035: IEA (September 23, 2026): https://www.downtoearth.org.in/energy/cost-effective-electrification-could-raise-electricity-share-to-35-per-cent-by-2035-iea



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# Global Status of CCS 2026 Report to Launch on October 20

The Global CCS Institute will launch the Global Status of CCS 2026 online on October 20, in two sessions at 13:00 and 22:00 Taipei time. Until the report is out, the 2025 edition's figures (77 facilities in operation, 47 under construction) are a guide to what to watch this year.

First things first: what is this report?

Global Status of CCS is Global CCS Institute’s annual flagship report on carbon capture and storage (CCS) projects, policy, finance and infrastructure, widely cited by governments, industry, researchers and NGOs.

Launch times: two sessions open to viewers in Taiwan

The 2026 edition will be launched in an online webinar on October 20, in two sessions on the same day:

Asia-Pacific session: 13:00 Taipei time (16:00 Melbourne, 14:00 Tokyo).



Americas, Europe and MEA session: 22:00 Taipei time (10:00 Washington, 15:00 London, 18:00 Abu Dhabi).



Both sessions will present the main findings with outside experts. The report itself is released on October 20; the figures below are from the 2025 edition.

What the launch will cover

The event page lists four themes: a project pipeline extending to more sectors and regions; the policy, regulation and carbon markets that support deployment; finance, business models and shared infrastructure (CO₂ transport and storage used by multiple emitters); and the opportunities and challenges for keeping momentum in the coming years.

A look back: key figures from the 2025 edition

The 2025 edition, titled Staying the Course, was released on October 9, 2025. As of July 28, 2025:

77 commercial CCS facilities were in operation, up 54% from 50 a year earlier, with a combined capture capacity of 64 million tonnes a year.



47 were under construction, with 44 million tonnes a year of capture capacity. Once complete, they will raise operating capture capacity by nearly 70%.



610 were in development. Across all stages, the pipeline totaled 734 facilities, 17% more than the year before, with a combined capture capacity of 513 million tonnes a year.



The report finds that “where there is policy, there are projects”: pipelines grow once national frameworks are in place. Even if every listed project operated, capture would remain below gigatonne scale, and delays raise the cost of meeting climate goals.

What to watch in the report (our view)

Firsts in new industries: last year's report noted the first commercial-scale facilities in sectors such as cement and gas-fired power. Will more industries join them this year?



Progress in Asia-Pacific: last year's report noted that Japan set up a legal framework through its CCS Business Act (2024). Which other Asia-Pacific countries have caught up on regulation this year?



What it means for Taiwan (our view)

What follows is our reading, not the report’s conclusion. Taiwan reached two CCS milestones this year: on April 1 the Ministry of Environment approved CPC’s Tiehchenshan CCS pilot in three cumulative stages of 10,000, 100,000 and 300,000 tonnes; on August 25 it issued the regulations on CO₂ storage after capture, covering exploration, environmental assessment, storage approval, real-time public monitoring data and 20 years of post-closure monitoring. Questions to watch:

Projects after regulation: with the regulations in force, when will Taiwan see commercial-scale projects beyond pilots?

Shared infrastructure: the event page highlights shared transport and storage; with Taiwan’s emitters spread across industrial zones, will it plan shared hubs?

Open data: can real-time uploading of monitoring data become a basis for public trust and international alignment?

Sources

Global CCS Institute, Global Status of CCS 2026 Report Launch – APAC (event page): https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/events/global-status-of-ccs-2026-report-launch-apac/



Global CCS Institute, Global Status of CCS 2026 Report Launch – Americas, Europe & MEA (event page): https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/events/global-status-of-ccs-2026-report-launch-americas-europe-mea/



Global CCS Institute press release, Carbon Capture Stays the Course Despite Global Headwinds, with 54% Rise in Operational Projects (October 9, 2025): https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/carbon-capture-stays-the-course-despite-global-headwinds-with-54-rise-in-operational-projects/



Global CCS Institute, Global Status of CCS 2025, full report (PDF): https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Global-Status-of-CCS-2025-report-9-October.pdf



Global CCS Institute, Global Status of CCS 2025, executive summary (PDF): https://www.globalccsinstitute.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/GSR-2025-Executive-Summary-21-October.pdf



Ministry of Environment press release (in Chinese), Ministry of Environment approves CPC's Tiechenshan carbon capture and storage pilot project (April 1, 2026): https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/page/3b3c62c78849f32f/a167add6-7dcb-432e-a92f-2f45c7634613



Central News Agency (in Chinese), carbon storage regulations announced, with 20 years of monitoring required after well closure (August 25, 2026): https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202608250285.aspx



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# Taiwan’s Carbon Capture and Storage Experiments

Taiwan's carbon capture and storage has reached field testing at a small scale. Field notes from Taipower's Taichung Power Plant and CPC's Tiechenshan site, with a summary of the storage regulations in force since August and what to watch next.

First things first: what is carbon capture and storage?

Carbon capture and storage (CCS) means capturing the CO₂ emitted by power plants or factories and injecting it deep underground into rock formations for long-term storage. A suitable formation needs a reservoir that can hold the gas, such as porous sandstone, topped by an impermeable caprock that seals it in. When part of the captured CO₂ is put to use, the approach is called carbon capture, utilization and storage (CCUS).

Overview

The visit covered Taipower's pilot test at the Taichung Power Plant and CPC Corporation's CO₂ geological storage test site at Tiechenshan. Taiwan's CCS/CCUS work has moved from policy discussion into the experimental phase, with field trials, test-well drilling, regulation and business-model work running in parallel. All of it is still small-scale experimentation; none of it is in commercial operation yet.

1. The technology is in field testing. Taipower's injection and monitoring test wells at Taichung are being drilled, and CPC's Tiechenshan site, Taiwan's first government-approved CO₂ geological storage test site, has completed its initial trial injection.

2. The regulatory timeline is taking shape. The Ministry of Environment has been working on storage regulations, a strategic environmental assessment and low-carbon electricity standards, while the Ministry of Economic Affairs is studying low-carbon electricity certificates, reduction methodologies and related energy rules, so that CCS can become a recognized part of low-carbon power supply. The Ministry of Environment issued the storage regulations on August 25, 2026; see the regulatory update below.

3. The role of CCS in net-zero and energy planning. Taiwan has to balance a 2050 net-zero commitment, growing electricity demand, and demand for low-carbon power from semiconductor fabs and AI data centers. Renewable development depends on land, marine space and grid conditions, and gas-fired plants paired with CCS are an option worth testing for reliable low-carbon power.

Taipower's Taichung Power Plant: a proof of concept for the power sector

Taipower began geological surveys and capture technology R&D in 2008. This work included a 3,000-meter exploration well in the Changbin Industrial Park, which confirmed promising caprock and sandstone formations for storage.

The utility is now in the pre-commercial experimental phase, focusing on:

A 2,000-tonne-per-year integrated capture and storage pilot test.



Exploring Carbon Capture Ready (CCR) concepts for future gas-fired units.



Evaluating potential long-term storage sites and conducting feasibility studies at other locations.



A planned "Taichung Carbon Reduction Technology Park" will include a small-scale capture test facility, an education and exhibition center and CO₂ utilization demonstrations, building on micro-scale testing units that have already been built and trial-run.

The Taichung storage wells

The small-scale injection experiment targets 2,000 tonnes a year, 4,000 tonnes in total, to test injectivity, monitoring systems and risk assessment. The injection and monitoring wells sit near the plant, both about 3,000 meters deep, and use acid-resistant casing and cement, core sampling, seismic sensors and fiber-optic monitoring.

CO₂ passes through storage, feed, compression, heating, pressure control and injection, and underground heat and pressure turn it supercritical, between a gas and a liquid. Monitoring covers the whole experiment: baseline measurement before injection, surface monitoring and geochemical sampling during injection, and long-term monitoring afterward.

CPC's Tiechenshan: from gas field to storage test site

Tiechenshan, in Tongxiao, Miaoli, was originally one of Taiwan's major onshore natural gas fields, developed by CPC decades ago. After production declined, CPC converted the depleted reservoir into an underground gas storage facility, injecting gas when demand was low and withdrawing it when demand was high.

This history gives the site two advantages: decades of drilling, production and gas injection have produced detailed subsurface data, and the same anticline trapped natural gas for millions of years and safely held injected gas through years of storage operations, indicating it is suited to storing CO₂.

The storage layer is a sandstone formation about 1,400 to 1,500 meters underground, sealed by a thick mudstone caprock, with no active faults nearby: favorable containment conditions. The site is designed for an annual injection capacity of 100,000 tonnes of CO₂. It is equipped with CO₂ storage tanks, an unloading area, pressurization and heating equipment, injection wells, monitoring wells, observation wells, and environmental monitoring systems.

Standard industrial tanks for temporary storage of liquefied CO₂ before geological injectionDuring trial runs, more than 100 tonnes of CO₂ were injected, a deliberately small volume, and all indicators met contract specifications. Acceptance testing and formal injection trials come next. The site has public information displays and an online environmental data platform that publish injection volumes and monitoring data.

On April 1, 2026, the Ministry of Environment approved the Tiechenshan storage plan in three stages of 10,000, 100,000 and 300,000 tonnes cumulatively. After each stage reaches its target, a results report must be submitted and pass review before the next stage can begin. The plan runs for three years, and only CO₂ captured in Taiwan may be stored. Another local public briefing must be held before formal injection begins.

Regulatory update: the storage regulations are now in force

This article was first published on July 15, 2026. Since then, on August 25, 2026, the Ministry of Environment issued the Regulations for the Management of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage, which have 30 articles. The main points:

Three steps: operators must first apply for exploration, then complete an environmental impact assessment, and then apply for storage approval. Existing pilot projects that have already passed environmental review, such as Tiechenshan and the Taichung Power Plant, can apply for storage approval directly.



Transparency: operators must set up an online platform and upload real-time data, such as CO₂ concentrations and seismic monitoring, to a designated website.



Long-term responsibility: the statutory monitoring period after well closure is 20 years. If anomalies or leaks occur, storage must stop and the Ministry of Environment must be notified within 24 hours. Operators must also submit financial guarantees and environmental liability insurance every year.



Shared challenges

Land and space: Retrofitting existing power plants with CCS requires substantial equipment and adjacent land. Piping flue gas over long distances adds energy costs.



Storage capacity and site development: Scaling from experiments to commercial storage demands long-term geological data integration, site assessment, and permitting.



Costs and business models: Capture accounts for the largest share of total costs. Projects will need support from carbon fees, subsidies, low-carbon electricity certificates, and green finance.



Regulation and methodology: Storage permitting is now covered by the regulations, but carbon reduction methodologies, certificate verification, and international mutual recognition are still to be established.



Public communication: Communities care about safety and local benefits, and CO₂ risks, monitoring data and emergency plans need to be explained in clear, plain language.



Five shared challenges for CCS in Taiwan. The graphic predates the storage regulations issued on August 25, 2026; for the latest, see the regulatory update above.What to watch (our view)

Data: Taipower's Taichung injection wells and CPC's formal injection trials at Tiechenshan will produce Taiwan's first systematic, field-verified data on injectivity, containment and monitoring performance, a basis for assessing risk in later projects and for reviewing site selection and design assumptions.

Rules: Commercial CCS requires storage permitting, carbon accounting methodologies, certificate systems and liability frameworks. Storage permitting and monitoring obligations now rest on the August regulations, and the pace at which the remaining rules are set will affect how fast CCS can scale.

Economics: The interplay of carbon fees, low-carbon electricity certificates, and semiconductor and AI data center customers willing to pay a premium for clean, reliable power will shape the business model.

Three signals to watch: the data, the rules and the economicsGeology, regulation and infrastructure all take time. Taiwan is now testing CCS in the field, and the well and monitoring data will inform energy planning for an economy with leading chip fabs and growing power demand.

Sources

Island Frequency (Substack), Taiwan's Carbon Capture and Storage Experiments (July 15, 2026, original version of this article): https://islandfrequency.substack.com/p/taiwans-carbon-capture-and-sto-experiments



Ministry of Environment press release (in Chinese), Ministry of Environment approves CPC's Tiechenshan carbon capture and storage pilot project (April 1, 2026): https://enews.moenv.gov.tw/page/3b3c62c78849f32f/a167add6-7dcb-432e-a92f-2f45c7634613



Central News Agency (in Chinese), carbon storage regulations announced, with 20 years of monitoring required after well closure (August 25, 2026): https://www.cna.com.tw/news/ahel/202608250285.aspx



Ministry of Environment laws and regulations database (in Chinese), Regulations for the Management of Carbon Dioxide Capture and Storage (issued August 25, 2026): https://oaout.moenv.gov.tw/law/LawContent.aspx?id=GL007972







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# ISO 14060 Draft Released

The ISO 14060 draft requires companies to publish a transition plan within two years of setting a net-zero target and to have commitments independently verified, with added flexibility for SMEs.

Over the past few years, “net zero by 2050” has become a standard feature of corporate sustainability reports. Without a clear technology pathway, investment plan, governance mechanism and timeline, however, outsiders have little basis for judging whether such pledges will be kept.

ISO’s newly published draft of ISO 14060, Net zero aligned organizations deals with how companies manage net-zero targets and aims to establish the world’s first verifiable corporate net-zero governance standard.

The draft focuses on managing and governing net zero

ISO 14060 is not a new standard for calculating emissions. Companies already have several established tools, for example:

GHG Protocol sets the rules for carbon accounting



SBTi sets science-based reduction targets



ISO 14064, 14067 and related standards focus on greenhouse gas management



ISO 14060 works alongside these tools and assesses whether a company is able to deliver on its net-zero target, extending the focus from carbon emissions management to corporate governance.

A transition plan within two years of setting a target

The draft requires a company to publish a full transition plan within two years of setting a net-zero target. Besides emissions-reduction targets, the plan covers:

✔ How emissions will be cut



✔ How the business model will be adjusted



✔ When each stage will be completed



✔ How monitoring, reporting and verification will work (MRV)



✔ Whether carbon credits will be used, and how



Net-zero commitments should be verified by a third party

The draft also calls for every net-zero commitment to be verified by an independent third party, much as financial statements are checked by auditors, so net-zero commitments may come to require external checks.

Flexibility for SMEs

The draft gives small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) greater flexibility, for example:

They may focus first on material emission sources



They may set medium-term targets first



Disclosure frequency may be relaxed from once a year to once every three years



Large enterprises are expected to take on greater responsibility, for example:

Gradually phasing out high-carbon products



Avoiding new fossil-fuel lock-in



Over the long term, working toward CO₂ removals that exceed their own residual emissions



Differentiating responsibility by company capacity has become a trend in international climate governance in recent years.

Implications for Taiwanese companies

Companies that export, work in international supply chains or serve overseas customers may want to start following ISO 14060.

This applies especially to semiconductors, electronics manufacturing, ICT, steel, cement, chemicals and similar industries, where companies may be asked to show that their net-zero management is credible as well as to meet product-quality requirements.

ISO is also deepening its cooperation with the GHG Protocol. Companies may gradually move toward a more consistent global carbon-management framework.

My observations

In recent years, corporate net-zero discussions have centered on buying green power, purchasing carbon credits and calculating Scope 3 emissions. ISO 14060 puts the emphasis on governance capability, which will also affect competitiveness.

If ISO 14060 is finalized, net zero will move from being the ESG department’s job to being part of board oversight, business strategy, investment decisions and corporate governance, backed by internal systems and external verification.

If this topic is relevant to your work, feel free to get in touch.📩 twnccs@gmail.com



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