Hsieh-ho Power Plant 協和發電廠 | |
Coordinates: | 25.1573°N 121.7393°W |
Country: | Republic of China |
Location: | Zhongshan, Keelung, Taiwan Province |
Status: | O |
Commissioned: | January 1977 (Unit 1)[1] December 1977 (Unit 2) March 1980 (Unit 3)[2] 1985 (Unit 4)[3] |
Owner: | Taipower |
Operator: | Taipower |
Th Fuel Primary: | Oil |
Ps Units Operational: | 2 X 500 MW |
Ps Electrical Capacity: | 1,000 MW |
The Hsieh-ho Power Plant is an oil-fired power plant in Zhongshan District, Keelung, Taiwan.[4] The power plant is the only fully oil-fired power plant in Taiwan.
The power plant started its operation after the commissioning of its first generation unit in January 1977.
The power plant consists of four 500-MW generation units. The third 500-MW unit was finished on 19 December 1979 after a record-breaking construction period of 26 months. It went into operation in March 1980. The fourth 500-MW unit was completed in 1985 after 29 months construction period.[2] [3]
The units 1 and 2 were decommissioned on Dec. 31, 2019.
The steam generator is rated at 1,701 tonne/hour, 176 kg/cm2 and 542 °C at superheater outlet and reheat to 542 °C.
The steam turbine is a tandem-compound with four flow exhaust, 3,600 rpm single reheat with throttle steam conditions of 166 kg/cm2, 538 °C with reheat to 538 °C.
The stacks are 200 meters high slip-form reinforced concrete stack.
Hsieh-ho Power Plant is accessible North from Keelung Station of Taiwan Railways.