The fourth edition of the 2026 Taiwan International Geothermal Conference opened with a tone that feels less like exploration and more like commitment. What used to be framed as potential is now being treated as infrastructure. Taiwan is not just testing geothermal anymore—it is trying to operationalize it at scale, and fast. Vice Minister Chien-hsin Lai’s remarks set the direction clearly: geothermal is being positioned as a domestic stabilizer in an increasingly unstable global energy environment.