Taichung Power Plant
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The Taichung Power Plant (Chinese: 台中發電廠; pinyin: Táizhōng Fādiànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in Longjing, Taichung, Taiwan (ROC). With an installed coal-fired generation capacity of 5,500 MW, it is the fourth largest coal-fired power station in the world.[4] Together with its gas-fired and wind generation units, the total installed capacity of the plant is 5,824 MW.
Taichung Power Plant | |
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Official name | 台中發電廠 |
Country | Taiwan |
Location | Longjing District, Taichung City |
Coordinates | 24°12′46″N 120°28′52″E |
Status | Operational |
Construction began | 1986 |
Commission date | July 1990 (Unit 1-4 gas) March 1991 (Unit 1 coal)[1] August 1991 (Unit 2 coal) June 1992 (Unit 3 coal) October 1992 (Unit 4 coal) March 1996 (Unit 5 coal) May 1996 (Unit 6 coal) October 1996 (Unit 7 coal) June 1997 (Unit 8 coal)[2] August 2005 (Unit 9 coal) June 2006 (Unit 10 coal)[3] |
Owner(s) | Taipower |
Operator(s) | |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Bituminous coal |
Secondary fuel | Natural gas |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 10 X 550 MW (coal) 4 X 70 MW (natural gas) |
Make and model | General Electric Toshiba |
Nameplate capacity | 5,780 MW |
Annual net output | 27.61 TWh |
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Commons | Related media on Commons |
In November 2017, the Taichung city government ordered that the Taichung Power Plant reduce its coal consumption by 24% starting in January 2018.[5] The plant is estimated to have been one of the ten most carbon polluting coal-fired power plants in the world in 2018, at 29.9 million tons of carbon dioxide, and relative emissions are estimated at 1.282 g per kWh.[6]