Linkou power station
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Linkou power station is a 2,400-megawatt (MW) coal plant under development in Taipei, Taiwan.
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Location
The undated satellite photo below shows the plant, which is in Linkou Township.
Background
The power station is operated by state-owned Taiwan Power Company (Taipower). The original power station was 600 MW (2 X 300 MW) and commissioned in 1968.[1] On September 1, 2014, the two units were decommissioned.[2]
Description of Expansion
On September 1, 2011, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and CTCI Corporation received a full-turnkey order from Taipower to construct three coal-fired units - Units 1, 2 and 3, at 800 MW each - at Taipower's Linkou Thermal Power Plant. The three units will replace existing facilities at the plant. Units 1 and 2 are scheduled to commence commercial operation in November 2015 and November 2016, respectively; unit 3 is slated to go on-stream in November 2020,[3][4] although the company website lists the planned operation date for units 1 & 2 in January 2016 and January 2017, respectively, and unit 3 in January 2021.[5]
At the end of 2013, the company said the project was about 35% complete.[6]
In February 2016 unit 1 was suspended due to a ruptured pipe during testing. The unit is now planned to go into operation in summer 2016 and run at full capacity in summer 2017.[7]
In August 2016 Taipower said unit 1 was scheduled to become operational in October 2016, unit 2 in April 2017 and unit 3 by July 2019.[8]
In November 2016, it was reported that Unit 1 was in commercial operation. With coal handling and storage facilities not yet completed, coal was being transported in trucks, so supplies remained insufficient.[9]
Unit 2 began commercial operation in March 2017.[10]
Unit 3 is under construction and planned for operation in 2019.[11][12]
According to Taipower (November 22, 2019), the new unit is under test operation.[13]
Project Details for Linkou Renewal
- Sponsor: Taipower
- Parent company: Government of Taiwan
- Location: Linkou Township, Taipei
- Coordinates: 25.1209, 121.298 (exact)
- Status: Unit 1: Operating, Unit 2: Operating, Unit 3: Construction
- Capacity: 2,400 MW (Units 1-3: 800 MW)
- Type: Ultra-supercritical
- Projected in service:
- Unit 1: 2016
- Unit 2: 2017
- Unit 3: 2019
- Coal Type: Bituminous
- Coal Source:
- Source of financing:
Articles and resources
References
- ↑ "Linkou Thermal Power Plant Is Operational," Taiwan Review, July 7, 1968.
- ↑ "Taipower says power demand exceeds supply," Taipei Times, Sep 12, 2014
- ↑ "CTCI, Japan’s MHI to build three coal-fired power plants for Taiwan Power Company," EnergyAsia, September 9, 2011.
- ↑ "MHI Receives Order for 3 Coal-fired Supercritical Power Generation Units From Taiwan Power Company, Jointly with CTCI," Mitsubishi, Sep 1, 2011.
- ↑ "Power construction projects," Taipower, accessed Jan 2015
- ↑ "Sustainability Reports - 台灣電力公司," Taiwan Power Company, 2014
- ↑ "Nation to maintain stable power supply: Taipower," Taipei Times, Feb 22, 2016
- ↑ Lauly Li, "Taipower outlines trial run for new generator in Linkou," Taipei Times, Aug 8, 2016
- ↑ Zhang Weijun, "明年2核機組停擺 林口、通霄電廠補足," United Evening News, November 30, 2016
- ↑ "Introduction of Taiwan Power Company’s Linkou Power Plant Units 1 and 2," Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Technical Review, September 2017
- ↑ "臺灣電力林口發電廠," Wikipedia, accessed June 2018
- ↑ "林口明年的第三个单位将企业与会员群体的人数至少增加10％," Epoch Times, 2018-03-16
- ↑ "台電系統各機組發電量（單位 MW）更新時間," Taipower, 2019-11-22
