Linkou Power Plant's Unit 1 generator would be back online next week after repairs are completed, Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs Lai Chien-hsin (賴建信) said yesterday.
The unit at the New Taipei City power plant was on Tuesday shut down due to a pipe leak and is undergoing repairs, Lai told a news conference after a meeting at the Executive Yuan.
Additionally, a post-incident review has been completed after a gas leak fire at Kaohsiung' Hsinta Power Plant on Thursday last week, he said, adding that it would be presented to the city government at a later date.
Photo courtesy of Taiwan Power Co
He did not say when the plant's gas-powered generator, which has been closed for inspections since the incident, would resume operations.
With Linkou Power Plant's Unit 2 also down since Monday due to a system malfunction, three state-run generators were offline yesterday.
A reserve margin of 2.2 gigawatts would be maintained through last night's peak hours despite the offline units, Lai said.
Taiwan Power Co (Taipower) vice president Wu Chin-chung (吳進忠) said that a nighttime power reserve of at least 6 percent could be "confidently maintained," as the company would draw on several strategies, such as using stored energy and backup generator units.
A power reserve of more than 10 percent is considered safe, while a reserve of 6 to 10 percent triggers a "yellow light" warning, and below 6 percent prompts an "orange light" warning, likely resulting in power rationing, Taipower's Web site says.
Eight Chinese naval vessels and 24 military aircraft were detected crossing the median line of the Taiwan Strait between 6am yesterday and 6am today, the Ministry of National Defense said this morning. The aircraft entered Taiwan’s northern, central, southwestern and eastern air defense identification zones, the ministry said. The armed forces responded with mission aircraft, naval vessels and shore-based missile systems to closely monitor the situation, it added. Eight naval vessels, one official ship and 36 aircraft sorties were spotted in total, the ministry said.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MOFA) today said that if South Korea does not reply appropriately to its request to correct Taiwan’s name on its e-Arrival card system before March 31, it would take corresponding measures to alter how South Korea is labeled on the online Taiwan Arrival Card system. South Korea’s e-Arrival card system lists Taiwan as “China (Taiwan)” in the “point of departure” and “next destination” fields. The ministry said that it changed the nationality for South Koreans on Taiwan’s Alien Resident Certificates from “Korea” to “South Korea” on March 1, in a gesture of goodwill and based on the
Taiwanese officials were shown the first of 66 F-16V fighter jets purchased by Taiwan from the United States, the Ministry of National Defense said yesterday, adding the aircraft has completed an initial flight test and is expected to be delivered later this year. A delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defense Hsu Szu-chien (徐斯儉) visited Lockheed Martin’s F-16 C/D Block 70 (also known as F-16V) assembly line in South Carolina on March 16 to view the aircraft. The jet will undergo a final acceptance flight in the US before being delivered to Taiwan, the
The New Taipei Metro's Sanyin Line and the eastern extension of the Taipei Metro's Tamsui-Xinyi Line (Red Line) are scheduled to begin operations in June, the National Development Council said today. The Red Line, which terminates at Xiangshan Station, would be connected by the 1.4km extension to a new eastern terminal, Guangci/Fengtian Temple Station, while the Sanyin Line would link New Taipei City's Tucheng and Yingge stations via Sanxia District (三峽). The council gave the updates at a council meeting reviewing progress on public construction projects for this year. Taiwan's annual public infrastructure budget would remain at NT$800 billion (US$25.08 billion), with NT$97.3
RSS