Up to now, most of biomass utilization in Taiwan is wastes and residues. The noticeable items are listed below:

• There are 24 municipal solid waste incinerators equipped with power generation facilities, and total capacity is 528.8 MW.

• There are installed capacity of power generators utilizing biogas generated from 4 large landfills and some middle to small scale pig farms.

• There are also some power plants using industrial and agricultural wastes, including bagasse, paper mill waste, plastic waste, rice hull and RDF-5 (Refuse Derived Fuel) etc. The total capacity of these plants is around 67.5 MW.

In addition, the enforcement of recycling used frying oil was started in September, 2007 for enterprise. Household is also encouraged. The potential biodiesel product from used frying oil is estimated to be around 80,000 kL/year.

In the near future, 80 km2 (8,000 ha) of rested cultivating farm is planned to cultivate energy crops. The potential of farmland for cultivating energy crops could be 5,000 km2 (500,000 ha).

If seaweed could be cultivated around 100 km2 (10,000 ha) of seashore, the potential product of 150-300 dam3 (150,000-300,000 kL) biodiesel is expected.