Alternative gasoline mandates

At present, the government does not mandate the use of alternative gasoline. However, from 2009 to 2011, it did enforce an ethanol mandate for two years.

The mandate aimed to achieve fuel ethanol consumption of 100,000 liters/year by the end of 2011. This mandate promoted one grade of RON 95 E3 (gasoline containing up to 3% v/v of denatured fuel ethanol) in 14 fuel stations in Taipei and Kaohsiung.

To promote uptake, the government granted a subsidy to bridge the difference between the production cost of E3 and conventional gasoline. The subsidy peaked at TWD 3.00 (USD 0.11)/liter in 2013.

However, the government stopped the E3 development plan in 2014, mainly because fewer people used ethanol even after it was heavily promoted. Furthermore, all fuel ethanol was