The Linkou Power Plant (traditional Chinese: 林口發電廠; simplified Chinese: 林口发电厂; pinyin: Línkǒu Fādiànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in Linkou District, New Taipei, Taiwan.[3] With the previous total installed capacity of 600 MW,[4] the power plant used to be the smallest coal-fired power plant in Taiwan. The power plant is currently undergoing retrofitting to increase its installed generation capacity to 2.4 GW.
| Linkou Power Plant | |
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| Official name | 林口發電廠 |
| Country | Republic of China |
| Location | Linkou, New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 25°07′15″N 121°17′54″E / 25.12083°N 121.29833°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | August 1965 |
| Commission date | 18 July 1968 (old Unit 1) 17 March 1972 (old Unit 2)[1] 6 October 2016 (Unit 1) 24 March 2017 (Unit 2) |
| Decommission date | 1 September 2014 (old Unit 1-2)[2] |
| Owner(s) | Taipower |
| Operator(s) | Taipower |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 2 X 800 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
Events edit
1968 edit
The power plant began its operation on 18 July 1968 after a successful train run of its first 300 MW giant electric generator which started two weeks before.[5]
2014 edit
On 1 September 2014, the current two unit generators were decommissioned.[2]
2016 edit
On 6 October 2016, the plant completed its refurbishment of its old two units and commissioned the new one supercritical unit of 800 MW.[6][7][8]
2017 edit
On 24 March 2017, the second of the 800 MW unit was commissioned.[8]
2019 edit
One 800 MW ultra supercritical coal-fired unit has been built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and CTCI Corporation at the plant.[9][10][11] On 24 October 2019, the third unit was commissioned.[8]
Transportation edit
Linkou Power Plant is accessible north of Shanbi Station of Taoyuan Metro.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 台灣電力股份有限公司 (25 October 2012). "台灣電力股份有限公司". Archived from the original on 13 October 2013. Retrieved 11 September 2014.
- ^ a b "Taipower says power demand exceeds supply - Taipei Times". 12 September 2014.
- ^ "Taiwan Review - Linkou Thermal Power Plant is Operational". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
- ^ "Linkou (Lin-Kou) Coal Power Station Taiwan - GEO". Globalenergyobservatory.org. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ "Linkou Thermal Power Plant Is Operational - Taiwan Today". Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
- ^ Gao, Pat (1 January 2017). "New Energy Model". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
- ^ Chen, Wei-han (14 April 2017). "Public-private funds to target pollution". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
- ^ a b c "Linkou Power Plant". Taipower. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-05-17. Retrieved 2014-05-26.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "TAIWAN: CTCI, Japan's MHI to build three coal-fired power plants for Taiwan Power Company". EnergyAsia. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (2011-09-01). "MHI Receives Order for 3 Coal-fired Supercritical Power Generation Units | Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd". Mhi.co.jp. Archived from the original on 2013-12-04. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
