Coal-Fired Plants in Taiwan

 

 

 

Ho-Ping
Location: Taiwan
Operator: Ho-Ping Power Services Corp
Configuration: 2 x 66 0MW
Fuel: coal
Operation : 2002
Boiler supplier: Alstom
T/G supplier: Alstom
Quick facts: The power station is owned by Ho-Ping Power Co, a joint-venture of Taiwan Cement Corp and a wholly owned subsidiary of CLP Power Asia. It is located in Hualien County. Combustion by-products are used in an adjacent cement plant.

Photograph by Zhan Shuei Huo and courtesy of CLP Group
Posted 18 Mar 2005

Kuan-Tien
Location: Taiwan
Operator: Taiwan Cogeneration Corp
Configuration: 1 X 48 MW CHP
Fuel: coal
Operation: 2000
Boiler supplier: FW
T/G supplier: Fuji
Quick facts: This plant in Taiwan's Kuan-Tien Industrial Park has a compact ACFB boiler.

Photograph courtesy of Taiwan Cogeneration
Posted 18 Aug 2002

Shenao
Location: Taichung Co
Operator: Taiwan Power Co
Configuration: 1 X 75 MW, 1 X 140 MW, 1 X 200 MW
Fuel: coal, fuel oil
Operation : 1960-1966 (ret)
Boiler supplier: MHI, B&W
T/G supplier: WH
Quick facts: Two 800-MW units are under construction at the site.

Photograph courtesy of kerltsai.spaces.live.com/blog
Posted 14 Feb 2010

   
 

Taichung
Location: Taichung Co
Operator: Taiwan Power Co
Configuration: 10 X 550 MW
Fuel: bituminous and subbituminous coal
Operation : 1991-2006
Boiler supplier: FW, B&W Canada, Mitsui Babcock
T/G supplier: GE, Toshiba
EPC: Gilbert Engineers, BES Engineering
Quick facts: With the additions of Units 9&10, Taichung became the world's largest coal-fired power plant. The plant has been retrofit with FGD and SCR systems. Plant output in 2008 was 42 TWh, 20% of Taipower's production. The plant is connected to the grid via a 345kV switchyard. The total plant investment was about NTD 194.74bn. Unit-3 holds the Taipower continuous rn record at 703 days (Mar 2007-Feb 2009).  Two 800-MW units are to be added at the site.

Photograph courtesy of Changhua Coast Conservation Action
Posted 14 Feb 2010

 

Abbreviations

Updated 02/15/10

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