Linkou Power Plant


The Linkou Power Plant 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.

Events

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

On 6 October 2016, the plant completed its refurbishment of its old two units and commissioned the new one supercritical unit of 800 MW.

2017

On 24 March 2017, the second of the 800 MW unit was commissioned.

2019

One 800 MW ultra supercritical coal-fired unit has been built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and CTCI Corporation at the plant. On 24 October 2019, the third unit was commissioned.

Technical specifications

The power plant consists of three generating units with a total installed capacity of 2,400 MW. Each generating unit has an installed capacity of 800 MW.

Transportation

Linkou Power Plant is accessible north of Shanbi Station of Taoyuan Metro.