Chiahui Power Plant
Power plant in Minxiong, Chiayi County, Taiwan
23°32′02″N 120°28′31″E / 23.53389°N 120.47528°E / 23.53389; 120.47528August 2021 (Unit 2)
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The Chiahui Power Plant (traditional Chinese: 嘉惠電廠; simplified Chinese: 嘉惠电厂; pinyin: Jiāhuì Diànchǎng) is a gas-fired power plant in Songshan Village, Minxiong Township, Chiayi County, Taiwan.[3][4][5]
History
The construction of the power plant began in January 2002 and the commissioning of unit 1 of the plant was done in December 2003.[6][7] The project is the first independent power producer project in Taiwan. In July 2020, the power plant was awarded Occupational Safety and Health Administration Agency's Model Site Award.[8] A second unit was added to the plant beginning in December 2018; it was commissioned in August 2021.[9]
Ownership
Asia Cement Corporation (ACC) and its affiliates owns 59% of equity share, while J-Power owns 40%. The remaining 1% share is owned by other private shareholders. In September 2020 J-Power sold all its shares to ACC.[10]
Generation units
The power plant has a total installed generation capacity of 1210 MW, consisting of two generation units.[1][2]
Unit 1 has an installed capacity of 670[11] (or 700)[1][2] MW. It consists of multiple-shaft combined cycle unit with one steam turbine-generator, three gas turbine generators and three heat recovery steam generators, designed for natural gas firing. The gas turbine generators came from General Electric with F-class technology and was shipped in 2002. Each has 18-stage axial compressor and 3-stage turbine. It also features a cold-end drive and axial exhaust.[11][12]
Unit 2 has an installed capacity of 510[1][2] (or 535)[9] MW.
Function
The power plant is designed for intermediate load operation with daily startup and shutdown to sell power to match the power dispatch schedule of Taipower.[13] The whole generated electricity is sold to Taipower.[6]
Transportation
Chiahui Power Plant is accessible west from Minxiong Station of Taiwan Railways.
See also
Taiwan portal
Energy portal
References
- ^ a b c d "Independent Power Producer (IPP)". Taipower. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ a b c d "Power Information of Today". Taipower. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ http://www.jpower.co.jp/english/news_release/news/news031215.pdf [bare URL PDF]
- ^ "cc-taiwan". Industcards.com. Archived from the original on 2009-07-18. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ "CHIAHUI Power Co., Ltd". Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-12-12.
- ^ a b "Chia-Hui Gas-Fired Power Station". Power Technology. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Strengthening Chia-hui Power Station's Generation Potential and Reliability in Taiwan". FieldCore. 29 April 2019. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ "Chiahui Power Corporation's Combined-Cycle Power Plant in Taiwan Awarded "Model Site" for Best in-Class Safety and Health Management by Taiwan OSHA". GE. 22 July 2020. Retrieved 15 June 2021.
- ^ a b "Chia Hui Power Plant Expansion". www.nsenergybusiness.com. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ "Sale of shares in Taiwan Chiahui Power" (PDF). J-Power. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ a b "Chia-Hui Gas-Fired Power Station". www.power-technology.com. Retrieved 2022-11-21.
- ^ Proctor, Darrell (10 August 2021). "New GE Gas-Fired Plant Part of Taiwan's Energy Transition". POWER. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2015-12-22. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
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