Taichung power plant
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| Coordinates | 24 ° 12 '46 " N , 120 ° 28' 52" E | ||
| country | Taiwan | ||
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| Type | coal-fired power station | ||
| Primary energy | coal | ||
| power | 5500 MW | ||
| owner | Taiwan Power Company | ||
| operator | Taiwan Power Company | ||
| Project start | 1992 | ||
| Start of operations | 1998 | ||
| Website | www.taipower.com.tw | ||
| was standing | September 1, 2009 | ||
The Taichung Power Plant ( Chinese 台中 發電廠 , Pinyin Táizhōng Fādiànchǎng ) is a coal-fired power plant located in the Longjing District of Taichung City on the west coast in central Taiwan . With an output of 5,500 MW, it was the world's most powerful coal-fired power plant in 2017 and also the one with the highest carbon dioxide emissions. The operator is the state-owned Taiwan Power Company ( 'Taipower' ), which owns four other coal-fired power plants in addition to the Taichung power plant.
Technical specifications
The power plant consists of 10 coal power plant units. 4 gas turbine power plant units are also connected. The first four coal-fired power plant blocks, each with an output of 550 MW , were built in 1991 and 1992. In 1996 and 1997, four more units with an output of 2,200 MW were added. Units 9 and 10 were added in 2005 and 2006 (1,100 MW).
The power plant emits over 40 million tons of CO 2 annually . This roughly corresponds to the CO 2 emissions in Switzerland. In 2016, the power plant supplied about 19% of all electrical energy consumed in Taiwan.
| Power plant block | Commercial commissioning |
Power (MW) |
Energy source |
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| Block 1 | May 27, 1991 | 550 | coal |
| Block 2 | Aug 25, 1991 | 550 | coal |
| Block 3 | June 26, 1992 | 550 | coal |
| Block 4 | Oct. 4, 1992 | 550 | coal |
| Block 5 | March 29, 1996 | 550 | coal |
| Block 6 | May 4, 1996 | 550 | coal |
| Block 7 | Oct 17, 1996 | 550 | coal |
| Block 8 | June 27, 1997 | 550 | coal |
| Block 9 | Aug 1, 2005 | 550 | coal |
| Block 10 | June 30, 2006 | 550 | coal |
| Gas turbine 1 | May 29, 1990 | 70 | Light diesel oil |
| Gas turbine 2 | May 30, 1990 | 70 | Light diesel oil |
| Gas turbine 3 | June 26, 1990 | 70 | Light diesel oil |
| Gas turbine 4 | June 19, 1990 | 70 | Light diesel oil |
criticism
In addition to the high CO 2 emissions, other pollutants that worsen the air quality in western Taiwan are a persistent point of criticism . On November 29, 2017, in response to measured high levels of air pollution, the Taichung city government ordered the power plant to reduce its coal consumption by 24% from 2018 (from around 21 million tons to around 16 million tons annually). The ordinance also came as part of a government program to reduce coal consumption by 30% by 2025. In response, the operating company announced reduced electricity supplies and cost increases due to the switch to natural gas as an energy source.
See also
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Focus, October 9, 2008
- ↑ a b 各 火力發電廠 簡介: 台中 電廠 ("Introduction to the various thermal power plants: Taichung power plant"). April 2018, accessed on July 16, 2018 (Chinese).
- ↑ Tase-Lung Chen: Air Pollution Caused by Coal-fired Power Plant in Middletown Taiwan . In: International Journal of Energy and Power Engineering . tape 6 , no. 6 , 2017, p. 121–124 , doi : 10.11648 / j.ijepe.20170606.15 (English).
- ↑ Taiwan's Taichung Power Plant must reduce coal consumption by 24 percent in 2018. Taiwan News, November 30, 2017, accessed July 16, 2018 .