Pingtung County, Chinese Taipei, has ambitious goals to tackle climate change and foster its energy transition. One of the strategies is to provide large access to green-powered electricity. The County, which applied to the Transformative Actions Program (TAP) in 2018, managed to set solar photovoltaic (PV) zones in subsidence areas employing a zero budgeting model. This was a key strategy to ensure sustainable land use while achieving a low energy emission target.