Works of reviewing subsidy application cases and allocating fund were conducted during the period from November 2004 to November 2005. The total amount subsidized for 53.4 million liter LPG was 160.02 million NTD. Drop in number of unqualified application cases comparing to previous year indicated that the auditing work of this project improved dramatically the quality of application material submitted by the applicant. Six non-periodic site checks for LPG service station around the island were carried out this year and results of the site check was sent to Environmental Protection Administration. Information regarding the operation of LPG service stations and the number of in-use vehicles was collected. Two more new Service stations open and sold more LPG per month this year than previous years and were able to make profit. This outcome indicated that EPA’s subsidy strategy increased the willingness to use LPG vehicles. The number of LPG vehicles converted from vehicles increased comparatively than last year. Mostly are third phase vehicles and centralize around Taipei metropolitan. Exhaust from LPG vehicles are harmless then their gas vehicles counterpart. The cost to decrease CO2、Ozone formation potential、aldehyde and carbonyl compounds are NT$5,000 per ton. Proposals to promote the use of LPG vehicles were analyzed and given to this Administration as reference for future implementation

LPG,subsidy