Japanese technology company Green AI has launched a Taiwan-focused artificial intelligence (AI) platform to help companies identify lower-cost ways to cut energy use and carbon emissions, expanding its partnership with government-backed think tank Chung-Hua Institution for Economic Research (CIER).
Green AI Taiwan, which began commercial operations on 1 August, is reportedly the Japanese company’s first overseas commercial deployment and follows a memorandum of understanding signed with CIER in August 2025.
Under a strategic cooperation agreement, the two organisations will act as exclusive partners in Taiwan, with Green AI licensing the technology to CIER, which will operate and provide the platform to Taiwanese companies.
The system uses AI to recommend emissions-reduction measures based on factors including a company’s industry, equipment, energy consumption and reduction targets. It also estimates potential carbon savings and investment payback periods, allowing companies to compare measures on economic as well as environmental grounds.
Green AI said the Taiwan platform is built on a database of more than 5,700 energy-saving and decarbonisation measures developed in Japan. The information is being translated into traditional Chinese and adjusted for Taiwan-specific factors including electricity prices and emissions factors.
CIER and Green AI also plan to add measures tailored to major Taiwanese industries including semiconductors, electronic components and metal processing, as well as technologies and programmes promoted by Taiwan’s economic and environmental authorities.
Je-Liang Liu, director of CIER’s Center for Energy and Environmental Research, said the cost of decarbonisation remained a significant barrier, particularly for smaller companies that may lack dedicated sustainability teams.
“Decarbonisation must be pragmatic and follow economic logic,” Liu said, adding that companies should begin with lower-cost measures before progressively moving towards more expensive options.
Combining Green AI’s technology database and computing capabilities with knowledge of Taiwanese industries could help companies identify “tailored, cost-effective and efficient strategies”, he said.
The launch comes as carbon management becomes a more immediate financial issue for Taiwanese businesses.
Taiwan’s carbon fee rates took effect in January 2025, with power and manufacturing facilities emitting at least 25,000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent annually initially covered by the system. Companies subject to the levy made their first payments in 2026 based on their 2025 emissions.
The standard rate is NT$300 (US$9.90) per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent, although companies with approved emissions-reduction plans that meet designated targets can qualify for preferential rates of NT$50 or NT$100 per tonne.
Taiwan is also phasing in sustainability reporting based on International Financial Reporting Standards’ sustainability disclosure standards. Listed companies with paid-in capital of at least NT$10 billion (US$314 million) are required to apply the standards for the 2026 financial year, with smaller listed companies following in 2027 and 2028.
Those changes are adding pressure on manufacturers to quantify emissions and identify economically viable ways of reducing them, while major exporters are also facing demands from customers to curb emissions across their supply chains.
Green AI Chief Executive Shintaro Suzuki said developing a decarbonisation plan internally could require significant staff time and specialist knowledge, while external consulting services could be prohibitively expensive for some companies.
The platform is intended to make such analysis more widely available by automatically screening potential measures and calculating their financial and emissions impacts, he said.
Green AI Taiwan also includes functions for assessing companies’ exposure to Taiwan’s carbon fee and incorporating internal carbon pricing into investment decisions. CIER and Green AI plan to further develop functions that recommend appropriate internal carbon prices.
The two organisations have already tested their collaboration with Taiwanese industry. A workshop focused on suppliers to a major Taiwanese automaker, linked to a decarbonisation programme backed by the Industrial Development Administration under Taiwan’s Ministry of Economic Affairs, attracted 44 participants from 27 companies, Green AI said.
CIER and Green AI said they plan to expand the platform’s database and use it across sectors including automobiles, semiconductors and finance.
For Green AI, Taiwan will also serve as a base for wider expansion in Asia. The company said it is pursuing opportunities in markets including Thailand as it seeks to apply technology developed in Japan to energy and emissions reductions across Asian manufacturing.
