Tunghsiao Power Plant
The Tunghsiao Power Plant or Tongxiao Power Plant is a gas-fired power plant in Tongxiao Township, Miaoli County, Taiwan. With the installed capacity of ca. 3.8 GW, the plant is Taiwan's second largest gas-fired power plant after Tatan Power Plant.
History
In the early 1960s,Taipower Company was decided to set up a power plant in Tongxiao. Initially, Tongxiao Power Plant was fueled with diesel. In 1978, TPC rebuilt the power units with three combined cycle units, they were the first combined cycle units in Taiwan. In 1990, TPC established #4 and #5 units, and #6 was built in 1997. Later, TPC decided to renew old #1~#3 units. The New Combined Cycle units started commercial operation on 27 February 2018, 30 May 2019, and 26 May 2020. The new power units are established on the area of removed oil tanks.On 30 May 2018, power outage occurred at the power plant at 3:12 p.m. due to the tripping of high voltage transmission line. A total of 70,391 households were left without power. The power was then restored at 4:38 p.m.