Mailiao Power Plant
The Mailiao Power Plant (traditional Chinese: 麥寮電廠; simplified Chinese: 麦寮电厂; pinyin: Màiliáo Diànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in Formosa Mai-Liao Industrial Park, Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan.[2] With a total installed capacity of 4,200 MW,[3] the plant is Taiwan's third largest coal-fired power plant after Taichung Power Plant and Hsinta Power Plant.
| Mailiao Power Plant | |
|---|---|
| Official name | 麥寮電廠 |
| Country | Republic of China |
| Location | Mailiao, Yunlin, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 23°48′11.6″N 120°11′25.8″E / 23.803222°N 120.190500°ECoordinates: 23°48′11.6″N 120°11′25.8″E / 23.803222°N 120.190500°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | 12 December 1996 |
| Commission date | 1999 (Unit 1 & 2) 2000 (Unit 3 & A) 2001 (Unit 5 & B) 2002 (Unit 4) |
| Construction cost | NT$40 billion (US$1.16 billion)[1] |
| Owner(s) | Mai-Liao Power Corporation Formosa Petrochemical Corporation |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 7 X 600 MW |
| External links | |
| Commons | Related media on Commons |
History
The groundbreaking ceremony for the power plant construction was held on 12 December 1996. Invited to the ceremony were Vice Premier Hsu Li-teh, Minister of Economic Affairs Wang Chih-kang and President of Legislative Yuan Liu Sung-pan.[4]
Commissioned in June 1999 for its first two units, the power plant is the first independent power producer power plant after Taipower ended the electricity supply monopoly in Taiwan in 1994.[5][6]
Architecture
The power plant is located on a 87 hectares of area made of reclaimed land.[7]
Ownership
The power plant is owned by the Mai-Liao Power Corporation (MPC) and Formosa Petrochemical Corporation (FPCC).
Generation units
The power plant consists of five 600 MW pulverized coal-fired units owned by the MPC and two 600 MW pulverized coal-fired co-generation units owned by the FPCC. The plant is designed for base load service with the capability for daily startup and shutdown operation per instructions from Taipower's dispatcher center.
Components
The coal handling system of the power plant has a truck unloading station capacity of 600 tonnes/hour and its flexible sidewall conveyor capacity of 800 tonnes/hour.[8] It gets its coal directly from cargo ships docking at its Mai-Liao Industrial Port, next to the power plant.[7] The coal is stored in coal domes in which each dome is 120 meter in diameter, 60 meter in height and 180,000 tons in capacity.[5] The cooling system for the plant comes directly from the sea water with a total usage amount of 200,000 tons per day.[7]
Events
2012
On 20 June 2012 at 11:55 am, the power plant tripped during the Tropical Storm Talim. This caused the shut down of 54 out of 66 units of the Yunlin petrochemical complex.[9]
2016
On 1 August 2016, a generating unit of the power plant broke down, disrupting the supply of power.[10][11]
2017
On 7 October 2017, the no. 1 generation unit of the power plant was shut down due to pipe rupture, causing 600 MW of power loss.[12]
See also
References
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- ^ a b c "Plant Imformation & Features". Mai-Liao Power. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ^ "FPCC Mailiao Power Plant Coal Handling System | KINGTECH Engineering". Kingtechengineer.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
- ^ Chen, Kevin (21 June 2012). "FPG's Yunlin plants back online after power outage". Taipei Times. Retrieved 3 November 2021.
- ^ Central News Agency (1 August 2016). "Power system flashes orange alert after breakdown at power plant". Taiwan News. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
- ^ CNA (2 August 2016). . The China Post. Archived from the original on 3 November 2021. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Huang, Ya-chuan; Hsu, Elizabeth (8 October 2017). "Mailiao power plant down one generator due to equipment problem". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 9 October 2017.