Mailiao 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°E / 23.803222; 120.190500Coordinates: 23°48′11.6″N 120°11′25.8″E / 23.803222°N 120.190500°E / 23.803222; 120.190500
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

The Mailiao Power Plant (Chinese: 麥寮電廠; pinyin: Màiliáo Diànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in 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.

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]

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.[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]

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.[8]

2016

On 1 August 2016, a generating unit of the power plant broke down, disrupting the supply of power.[9]

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.[10]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "FPG Mailiao power plant ready March 99-04/08/1998-ICIS News". Icis.com. 1998-08-04. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  2. ↑ http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/Case-MailiaoFPP.pdf
  3. ↑ "Mai-Liao (Mailiao) Coal Power Plant - GEO". Globalenergyobservatory.org. 2010-02-15. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  4. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-10. Retrieved 2014-12-10.
  5. 1 2 http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/case-mailiaofpp.pdf
  6. ↑ "FPG". FPG. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  7. ↑ "FPCC Mailiao Power Plant Coal Handling System | KINGTECH Engineering". Kingtechengineer.com. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  8. ↑ "FPG's Yunlin plants back online after power outage". Taipei Times. 2014-04-24. Retrieved 2014-05-01.
  9. ↑ http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2016/08/02/474162/Orange-alert.htm
  10. ↑ Huang, Ya-chuan; Hsu, Elizabeth (8 October 2017). "Mailiao power plant down one generator due to equipment problem". Focus Taiwan. Retrieved 9 October 2017.


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