The Hsintao Power Plant () is a
gas-fired power plant
A gas-fired power plant or gas-fired power station or natural gas power plant is a thermal power station which burns natural gas to generate electricity. Natural gas power stations generate almost a quarter of world electricity and a signifi ...
in
Guangxi Township,
Hsinchu County
Hsinchu County (Wade–Giles: ''Hsin¹-chu²'') is a county in north-western Taiwan. The population of the county is mainly Hakka; with a Taiwanese aboriginal minority in the southeastern part of the county. Zhubei is the county capital, where ...
,
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 ...
.
History
The development of the power plant started after the second
Independent power producer bidding held by
Taiwan Power Company
The Taiwan Power Company (, Taipower; ) is a state-owned electric power industry providing electricity to Taiwan and off-shore islands of the Republic of China.
History
Taipower was established on 1 May 1946. Its origins can be traced to 1919 ...
in 1995. The plant was commissioned on 1 March 2002. In November 2010,
Kyushu Electric Power
(, OSE: 9508, ) is a Japanese energy company that provides power to 7 prefectures (Fukuoka, Nagasaki, Ōita, Saga, Miyazaki, Kumamoto, Kagoshima), and recently, to some parts of Hiroshima Prefecture. Its shortened name of is sometimes used ...
acquired 33.2% shares of the power plant.
Fuel
The natural gas fuel supply for the power plant is supplied by
CPC Corporation
CPC Corporation () is a state-owned petroleum, natural gas, and gasoline company in Taiwan and is the core of the Taiwanese petrochemicals industry.
History Early history
CPC was founded on 1 June 1946 in Shanghai as Chinese Petroleum Corpo ...
.
See also
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List of power stations in Taiwan
This page is a list of power stations in Taiwan and the rest of the Republic of China that are publicly or privately owned. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear power, and natural gas, while renewable powe ...
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Electricity sector in Taiwan
The electricity sector in Taiwan ranges from generation, transmission, distribution and sales of electricity, covering Taiwan island and its offshore islands.
Regulator
Electricity sector in Taiwan is regulated by its state-owned electric ...
References
2002 establishments in Taiwan
Buildings and structures in Hsinchu County
Energy infrastructure completed in 2002
Natural gas-fired power stations in Taiwan
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