Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said it hopes to have the No. 2 power generator of an ultra-supercritical power plant in New Taipei City’s Linkou District (林口) operational by April next year.
Linkou plant general manager Chu Chi-min (朱記民) told an on-site news conference on Friday that a trial run of the generator would begin before the end of this month, perhaps by Wednesday next week, and it would help make the nation’s supply of electricity next summer more stable.
“The power generator has 800 megawatt of capacity and could generate 19.2 million kilowatt-hour at full operation per day,” he said.
The generator could supply the equivalent of the electricity used by 3,200 households per day, Taipower said.
The Linkou plant is the nation’s first coal-fired power plant to have adopted ultra-supercritical technologies, which could increase power generation efficiency and lower the emissions of PM2.5 — fine particulate matter smaller than 2.5 micrometers — and carbon dioxide, Taipower said.
The Linkou plant covers 53.26 hectares and has a total of three power generators with a combined capacity of 2,400 megawatts.
The No. 1 generator is scheduled to become operational in October, the No. 2 generator in April and the No. 3 generator by July 2019, Taipower said.
The No. 1 power generator, which began trial operations in June, has played a crucial role in helping boost the nation’s total electricity supply as the mercury has continued to set new records over the past two months, Minister of Economic Affairs Lee Chih-kung (李世光) said.
Electricity supplies could be stable this summer, thanks to the No. 1 generator, he said.
“The operation of the No. 2 generator would further help stabilize the nation’s power supply next year,” Lee said.
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