Linkou Power Plant

Linkou Power Plant
Location of Linkou Power Plant in Taiwan
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 / 25.12083; 121.29833Coordinates: 25°07′15″N 121°17′54″E / 25.12083°N 121.29833°E / 25.12083; 121.29833
Status Operational
Construction began August 1965
Commission date 18 July 1968 (Unit 1)
17 March 1972 (Unit 2)[1]
Decommission date 1 September 2014 (Unit 1-2)[2]
Owner(s) Taipower
Operator(s) Taipower
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Coal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity 2 X 300 MW

The Linkou Power Plant (Chinese: 林口發電廠; 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.

Events

1968

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

On 1 September 2014, the current two unit generators were decommissioned.[6]

Future expansion

Three 800 MW ultra supercritical coal-fired units are currently being built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and CTCI Corporation at the plant which will replace the current existing generation unites. Unit 1, unit 2 and unit 3 is expected to be commissioned in January 2016, January 2017 and July 2019 respectively.[7][8][9]

Transportation

Linkou Power Plant is accessible North East from TRA Haihu Station.

See also

References

  1. ↑ http://www.taipower.com.tw/content/new_info/new_info-b13b.aspx?LinkID=6
  2. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/09/12/2003599569
  3. ↑ http://taiwanreview.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=156594&CtNode=103
  4. ↑ "Linkou (Lin-Kou) Coal Power Station Taiwan - GEO". Globalenergyobservatory.org. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  5. ↑ http://taiwantoday.tw/ct.asp?xItem=156594&CtNode=122
  6. ↑ http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2014/09/12/2003599569
  7. ↑ http://www.taipower.com.tw/e_content/content/report/..%5C..%5C..%5CUpFile%5CCompanyENFile%5C2013Taipower_English_EBook.pdf
  8. ↑ "TAIWAN: CTCI, Japan’s MHI to build three coal-fired power plants for Taiwan Power Company". EnergyAsia. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  9. ↑ 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. Retrieved 2014-05-01.


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