{"id":138420,"date":"2026-01-18T15:35:49","date_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:35:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/?p=138420"},"modified":"2026-01-18T15:35:49","modified_gmt":"2026-01-18T15:35:49","slug":"ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/ais-green-energy-goal-is-devastating-taiwans-coastal-villages\/","title":{"rendered":"AI\u2019s green-energy goal is devastating Taiwan\u2019s coastal villages"},"content":{"rendered":"<header class=\"post-header post-header--conveyor\">\n<div class=\"post-header__text\">\n<header class=\"article-header\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"text__text__1FZLe text__dark-grey__3Ml43 text__regular__2N1Xr text__small__1kGq2 body__full_width__ekUdw body__small_body__2vQyf article-body__paragraph__2-BtD\" data-testid=\"paragraph-0\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader has-summary\">\n<div class=\"post-subheader__summary\" role=\"region\" aria-label=\"summary\">\n<ul>\n<li>The Taiwanese semiconductor industry\u2019s power demand is forecast to grow eightfold by 2028.<\/li>\n<li>Rapid expansion of wind energy to support the demand is impacting the livelihoods of oyster farmers and fishers.<\/li>\n<li>Developers offer compensation for those affected, but not everyone benefits.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-container\">\n<div class=\"post-content\">\n<p>For generations, Li Cheng-chieh and his family have lived off the tidal flats along Taiwan\u2019s west coast, harvesting oysters and selling them to homes and in local markets.\u00a0<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"su-button-center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/china\/china-is-closing-us-technology-lead-despite-constraints-ai-researchers-say-2026-01-10\/\" class=\"su-button su-button-style-default\" style=\"color:#FFFFFF;background-color:#68cf8a;border-color:#54a66f;border-radius:10px\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><span style=\"color:#FFFFFF;padding:8px 26px;font-size:20px;line-height:30px;border-color:#96deae;border-radius:10px;text-shadow:none\"><i class=\"sui sui-sign-out\" style=\"font-size:20px;color:#FFFFFF\"><\/i>  <small style=\"padding-bottom:8px;color:#FFFFFF\">Click here for full article at Reuters<\/small><\/span><\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Taiwanese semiconductor industry\u2019s power demand is forecast to grow eightfold by 2028. Rapid expansion of wind energy to support the demand is impacting the livelihoods of oyster farmers and &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1549,"featured_media":138437,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"content-type":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[51,1737,56,55,5],"tags":[428,2746,2425,2080,2571],"class_list":["post-138420","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-asia","category-environment","category-food-farming","category-industry","category-news","tag-ai","tag-fish-farms","tag-semiconductors","tag-taiwan","tag-wind-power"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138420","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1549"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138420"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138420\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/138437"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138420"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138420"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.themintmagazine.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138420"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}