Linkou Power Plant

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
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	Taipower
Operator	Taipower
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal
Power generation
Nameplate capacity	2 X 800 MW
External links
Commons	Related media on Commons

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.^[2]

2016

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

On 24 March 2017, the second of the 800 MW unit was commissioned.^[8]

2019

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

Linkou Power Plant is accessible north of Shanbi Station of Taoyuan Metro.

See also

• Taiwan portal
• Energy portal

• List of power stations in Taiwan
• Electricity sector in Taiwan

References

1. 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.
2. "Taipower says power demand exceeds supply - Taipei Times". 12 September 2014.
3. "Taiwan Review - Linkou Thermal Power Plant is Operational". Archived from the original on 2013-06-16. Retrieved 2013-05-17.
4. "Linkou (Lin-Kou) Coal Power Station Taiwan - GEO". Globalenergyobservatory.org. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
5. "Linkou Thermal Power Plant Is Operational - Taiwan Today". Archived from the original on 2014-06-07. Retrieved 2014-06-03.
6. Gao, Pat (1 January 2017). "New Energy Model". Taiwan Today. Retrieved 3 March 2017.
7. Chen, Wei-han (14 April 2017). "Public-private funds to target pollution". Taipei Times. Retrieved 14 April 2017.
8. "Linkou Power Plant". Taipower. Retrieved 2022-11-17.
9. "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)
10. "TAIWAN: CTCI, Japan's MHI to build three coal-fired power plants for Taiwan Power Company". EnergyAsia. 2011-09-09. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
11. 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.