https://taiwanstrait.com/tags/blockade-vulnerability/ Recent content in Blockade Vulnerability on Taiwan Strait Hugo en-us Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/fuel-and-the-island-taiwans-energy-vulnerability-in-a-conflict-scenario/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://taiwanstrait.com/fuel-and-the-island-taiwans-energy-vulnerability-in-a-conflict-scenario/ <p>Taiwan generates electricity from a combination of natural gas, coal, nuclear, and renewables. It imports virtually all of its fossil fuels by sea. The natural gas arrives as LNG on specialized tankers that dock at regasification terminals on the island&rsquo;s coasts. The coal arrives on bulk carriers. The oil arrives on tankers. Every BTU of hydrocarbon energy that Taiwan consumes has crossed the waters that surround it, and in a blockade scenario, every BTU of hydrocarbon energy that Taiwan consumes would come from reserve stocks that are being drawn down and not replenished.</p>