The first phase (2007-2009) of the government vision for economic development in 2015 presented the industrial development package including setting new industry which contains green industry. Energy technology industry is one kind of green industry. This study adopts the research project databank of National Science Council in Taiwan to state the status quo of energy technology industry including the number of research projects, research manpower, and the amount of sponsored money from 1997 to 2008. Additionally, two re-index of law-related prediction was used to predict the model from 2009 to 2013. The data shows that the development of energy technology industry grows quickly in past years, however, it will grow gently and stably in the future. The government should encourage industry-academic collaboration, and foster research manpower of energy technology industry.