Official name 林口發電廠 Status Operational Decommission date 1 September 2014 | Country Republic of China Operator(s) Taipower Phone +886 2 2606 2221 Construction began August 1965 | |
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Linkou power plant taiwan heavy lifting of steel roof
The Linkou Power Plant (Chinese: 林口發電廠; pinyin: Línkǒu Fādiànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in Linkou District, New Taipei, Taiwan. With the previous total installed capacity of 600 MW, 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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- Linkou power plant taiwan heavy lifting of steel roof
- Linkou power plant steam blow 2
- 1968
- 2014
- 2016
- Future expansion
- Transportation
- References
Linkou power plant steam blow 2
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.
2014
On 1 September 2014, the current two unit generators were decommissioned.
2016
In October 2016, the plant completed its refurbishment of its old two units and commissioned the new one supercritical unit of 800 MW.
Future expansion
Two 800 MW ultra supercritical coal-fired units are currently being built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and CTCI Corporation at the plant. Unit 2 and unit 3 are expected to be commissioned in April 2017 and 2019 respectively.
Transportation
Linkou Power Plant is accessible North East from TRA Haihu Station.