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Table 4 Industrial development target of Tainan science-based industrial park
Target year and value
Target industry

Production value
(USD million)

Number of employees
(person)

2005 2010 2005 2010

Microelectronics and precision machinery 2,600 4,600 5,000 7,000

Semiconductor 13,000 27,700 15,000 30,000

Agricultural biotechnology 370 685 380-860

Total 15,970 32,985 ca. 20,000 ca. 37,000

Source Adapted from National Science Council ( 1996 ), pp. 35, 47, 53

Table 5 Green energy firms in Tainan science park

Category

Firm Production date

Solar cells Crystalline silicon Motech 2000

Thin-film Kenmos photovoltaic 2008Q3

Auria Solar 2009Q1

Chimei energy 2009Q2

CIGS Axun tek 2009

Solar module Gloria 2007

System King ener tech End of 2009

The MOEA 2009 ''The Green Energy Industries Development Program'' put new
emphasis on ''green energy,'' and identified two major industrial sectors: solar
voltaic, LED lighting. According to this latest policy category, the solar voltaic
sector has stronger presence in the TSP. There are 13 tenants approved until 2008,
six of them are in production, one is under construction; Table 5 shows that
Motech alone stands for the first wave of investment in the sector at the TSP, then
the second wave of investment rushed in after 2007. Total capital investment
reached NTD 17.7 billions (USD 0.55 billions) in 2008 and the total revenue of
these firms reached NTD 22.8 billions (USD 0.71 billions); according to STSPA,
new investment in the first half of 2009 totalled NTD 7.6 billions. The solar voltaic
production chain may be divided into four steps, the TSP tenants in the sector are
grouped as follows: (1) silicon wafer: Motech, Gloria, and MPI; (2) solar cell:
Motech, Auria, Kenmos Photovoltaic, Chimei Energy, CAxun Tek, Solar Energy;
(3) solar voltaic module: Gloria, Lightwave Solar Power; (4) solar voltaic system:
Motech, Delta Electronics, King Enertech System, Everphoton. In addition to
these, equipment producers include: Ulvac, AMC and Mirle. There are five
companies working on LED lighting industry, including the EPISTAR. Boyam
Power System, a subsidiary of Canada-based Palcon, is dedicated to fuel cell
production. Although this is still a relatively small and evolving cluster, member
firms already cover quite a variety of component and product, forming an indus-
trial chain that include from upstream to downstream producers. It is expected that
the green energy industrial cluster may contribute both to a low carbon emission
world as well as a very competitive new sector to the TSP.