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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 no ...
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of the Republic of China that are publicly or privately owned.
Non-renewable A non-renewable resource (also called a finite resource) is a natural resource that cannot be readily replaced by natural means at a pace quick enough to keep up with consumption. An example is carbon-based fossil fuels. The original organic ma ...
power stations are those that run on
coal Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock, formed as rock strata called coal seams. Coal is mostly carbon with variable amounts of other elements, chiefly hydrogen, sulfur, oxygen, and nitrogen. Coal is formed when ...
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fuel oil Fuel oil is any of various fractions obtained from the distillation of petroleum (crude oil). Such oils include distillates (the lighter fractions) and residues (the heavier fractions). Fuel oils include heavy fuel oil, marine fuel oil (MFO), b ...
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nuclear power Nuclear power is the use of nuclear reactions to produce electricity. Nuclear power can be obtained from nuclear fission, nuclear decay and nuclear fusion reactions. Presently, the vast majority of electricity from nuclear power is produced b ...
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natural gas Natural gas (also called fossil gas or simply gas) is a naturally occurring mixture of gaseous hydrocarbons consisting primarily of methane in addition to various smaller amounts of other higher alkanes. Low levels of trace gases like carbon d ...
, while renewable power stations run on fuel sources such as
biomass Biomass is plant-based material used as a fuel for heat or electricity production. It can be in the form of wood, wood residues, energy crops, agricultural residues, and waste from industry, farms, and households. Some people use the terms bio ...
, geothermal heat, moving water, solar rays,
tides Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another. Tide tables c ...
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waves Waves most often refers to: * Waves, oscillations accompanied by a transfer of energy that travel through space or mass. * Wind waves, surface waves that occur on the free surface of bodies of water. Waves may also refer to: Music *Waves (ban ...
and the
wind Wind is the natural movement of air or other gases relative to a planet's surface. Winds occur on a range of scales, from thunderstorm flows lasting tens of minutes, to local breezes generated by heating of land surfaces and lasting a few ...
. By the end of 2011, Taiwan and the rest of the Republic of China had installed 41,401 MW of generating capacity across all types of power station.http://www.taipower.com.tw/TaipowerWeb//upload/files/4/2012e-all.pdf Among the lists of largest power stations, Taichung Power Plant is the fourth largest coal-fired power station in the world.


Non-renewable


Coal


Diesel


Fuel oil


Mixed


Natural gas


Nuclear


Renewable


Hydroelectric


Geothermal


Former power plants


Figures


Nuclear power plants

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Longmen Nuclear Power Plant The Lungmen Nuclear Power Plant (), formerly known as Gongliao and commonly as the Fourth Nuclear Power Plant (), is an unfinished nuclear power plant in New Taipei City, Taiwan. It consists of two ABWRs each of 1,300  MWe net. It is owned b ...


Coal-fired power plants

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Hsinta Power Plant The Hsinta Power Plant or Hsing-ta Power Plant () is a coal-fired power plant in Yong'an District and Qieding District in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With a total installed capacity of 4,326 MW, the plant is Taiwan's second largest coal-fired power pl ...
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Diesel power plants

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Chienshan Power Plant The Chienshan Power Plant () is a fuel-fired power plant in Huxi Township, Penghu County, Taiwan. With the total capacity of 140 MW, the power plant is the largest diesel fuel-fired power plant in Taiwan. Chienshan Power Plant is the only major ...
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Tashan Power Plant The Tashan Power Plant () is a fuel-fired power plant in Tashan, Shuitou Village, Jincheng Township, Kinmen County, Fujian Province, Republic of China. History The construction to build the power plant was approved by the Executive Yuan in Janu ...


Gas-fired power plants

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Hsingneng Power Plant The Hsingneng Power Plant, Star Energy Power Plant or Changbin Power Plant () is a gas-fired power plant in Chang-Bin Industrial Park, Lukang Township, Changhua County, Taiwan. History The power plant was commissioned in March 2004 and started ...
File:星元發電廠.png, Hsingyuan Power Plant File:新桃發電廠.png,
Hsintao Power Plant The Hsintao Power Plant () is a gas-fired power plant in Guangxi Township, Hsinchu County, Taiwan. History The development of the power plant started after the second Independent power producer bidding held by Taiwan Power Company in 1995. The ...
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Kuokuang Power Plant The Kuokuang Power Plant () is a gas-fired power plant in Guishan District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan. At a total capacity of 480 MW, it is currently Taiwan's smallest gas-fired power plant. Kuo Kuang Power Corporation Kuo Kuang Power Corporation i ...
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Nanpu Power Plant The Nanpu Power Plant () is a gas-fired power plant in Cianjhen District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. With the installed capacity of 1,118 MW, the plant is Taiwan's third largest gas-fired power plant after Tatan Power Plant and Tunghsiao Power Plant. ...
File:森霸發電廠.png, Sun Ba Power Plant File:大潭發電廠.png, Tatan Power Plant File:通霄發電廠.png, Tunghsiao Power Plant


Hydro power plants

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Oil-fired power plants

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Hsieh-ho Power Plant The Hsieh-ho Power Plant () is an oil-fired power plant in Zhongshan District, Keelung, Taiwan. The power plant is the only fully oil-fired power plant in Taiwan. History The power plant started its operation after the commissioning of its fir ...


Mixed power plants

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Talin Power Plant The Talin Power Plant () or Dalin Power Plant is a mix-generation power plant in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan. As of November 2022 it has four operational units: two 800 MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired units, which went into commerc ...


Former power plants

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See also

* Energy in Taiwan *
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 19 ...
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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 ...
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List of largest power stations in the world This article lists the largest power stations in the world, the ten overall and the five of each type, in terms of current installed electrical capacity. Non-renewable power stations are those that run on coal, fuel oils, nuclear fuel, natural g ...


References

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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 no ...
Power stations A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electrical grid. Many po ...