The Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) has obtained government approval to set up an advanced power plant at the Changpin Industrial District in central Changhua County, a spokesman for the state-run company said yesterday.
Each of the two generators planned to be installed at the thermal power plant will have a capacity of 800,000 kilowatts, far exceeding an average capacity of 550,000 kilowatts of the existing generators installed at a Taichung power plant, the Taipower official said.
Construction of the power plant is slated to start in 2006 and commercial operations are scheduled to begin in July 2010 as part of the government's bid to ease growing demand amid a recovering economy, he said.
Although the plant is still in the pipeline, he said the construction project will cost more than NT$50 billion (US$1.47 billion) and added that it is likely to be included in the government's "10 New Major Construction Projects" plan.
The projected power plant will be a modern facility that is powerful, clean and environmentally friendly, he claimed, pointing out that Taipower has a mid-term plan to install six such generators at the 150-hectare Changpin Industrial District.
The new power plant will aid Taipower in its plan to phase out old power facilities in other parts of the country, he said.
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