Guantang LNG Terminal

The Guantang LNG Terminal is a liquefied natural gas Liquefied [natural gas terminal|terminal] under construction in Datan Borough, Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.

History

The terminal design was originally drafted in 2015. In 2018, the Government of the [Republic of China|government] considered relocating the terminal but rejected this idea because the new proposed site was reserved for a planned offshore [wind power|offshore wind farm]. On 8October2018, the terminal project passed its environmental impact assessment. The construction of the terminal is expected to be completed by 2025.

Architecture

The terminal will span an area of 9km². The original location of the terminal was proposed to be 455meters from the coastline. However, due to pressure from environmental activists over to the existence of a sensitive coral reef in the nearby area, the terminal was redesigned to be 750meters further away, with a total distance of around 1.2km out to the sea from the shoreline. The relocation design was expected to add NT$15 billion to the cost of the project, for an estimated total cost of NT$75 billion.