The Hoping Power Plant () is a

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in Xiulin Township,

Hualien County Hualien County ( Mandarin Wade–Giles: Hua¹-lien² Hsien⁴; Pīnyīn: ''Huālián Xiàn''; Hokkien POJ: ''Hoa-lian-koān'' or ''Hoa-liân-koān''; Hakka PFS: ''Fâ-lièn-yen''; Amis: ''Kalingko'') is a county on the east coast of Taiwan. I ...

Taiwan Taiwan, officially the Republic of China (ROC), is a country in East Asia, at the junction of the East and South China Seas in the northwestern Pacific Ocean, with the People's Republic of China (PRC) to the northwest, Japan to the nort ...

. With the installed capacity of 1,320 MW, the power plant is the fourth largest coal-fired power plant in Taiwan.

Generation

Electricity generated by the power plant supplies the major load located in north of Taiwan.

Ownership

The power plant is fully owned by Ho-Ping Power Company. The equity interest is divided to

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(20%),

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(20%) and

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(60%).

Events

2017

On 29 July 2017, a

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for the outgoing lines of the plant collapsed due to Typhoon Nesat which caused the electricity supply to Taiwan down by 4%. The tower was reconstructed on 11 August 2017 and completed in the following day, which became the fastest power line reparation in the history of Taiwan. On 13 August, the plant resumed its operation and reached its full generating capacity the day after. On 15 August 2017, the plant tripped due to the breakdown of one of its

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causing a loss of 650 MW power generation. On 23 August 2017, a

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pipe of generator no. 2 broke, causing a drop in electricity generation.

Transportation

Hoping Power Plant is accessible within walking distance North East from Heping Station of Taiwan Railways.

References