August 16, 2004
Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) has announced plans to boost its fixed assets investments by pumping
NTD 150 billion per year into the installation of new generators over the next five years. And, over the coming ten years, Taipower plans to go on a massive
NTD 1.25 trillion-spending spree as it replaces and upgrades its power generation facilities and makes improvements to Taiwan's electricity distribution system.
Taiwan's power giant anticipates electricity consumption will increase by an average of 3.9% annually over the next fifteen years. Therefore, so as to ensure that the power supply stays ahead of rising demand and to reduce damage to the environment, Taipower is upgrading its old power plants with new high-efficiency, low-pollution generators.
As part of its investment plans, the power company intends to install new-generation power generators at four power plants, Shenau, Linkou, Talin and Changkung, over the next ten years.
Taipower plans to construct a brand new coal burning power plant, the Changkung Power Plant, in the Changhua Coastal (Changpin) Industrial Park. This plant is scheduled to begin operations in 2011 at the earliest. Taipower will initially install two high-efficiency, low-pollution generators at the plant. With each generator capable of producing 800,000 kilowatts of power, they will reign as Taipower's most powerful coal-burning generators. Construction is set to commence in 2006. The second stage of construction will see the number of generators increase to six.
The Changkung plant has been adopted as the model for the construction and operation of all of Taipower's coal-burning plants in the future. For all old power plants that are to be upgraded, the power company's policy is to install only high-efficiency, low-pollution generators.
The Shenao plant is an example of just how much more efficient the new generators are. The three generators currently operating at Shenao generate a combined 400,000 kilowatts of power. Taipower plans to replace these three old generators with two new generators that will each produce an enormous 800,000 kilowatts, for a total of 1.6 million kilowatts of electricity.
In the case of the Linkuo power plant, two generators make 300,000 kilowatts each at the moment, but these will be replaced by three new generators that are capable of producing a total of 2.4 million kilowatts. The Talin plant will be upgraded from its present six generators that churn out a combined 2.2 million kilowatts to four new generators that will pump out 3.2 million kilowatts.
(United Daily News)
E-mail this page.
Invest in Taiwan
