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Linkou Power Plant
Power plant in Linkou, New Taipei, Taiwan / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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.
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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 |
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 |
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Nameplate capacity | 2 X 800 MW |
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