Hsinta Natural Gas-Fired Power Plant, Kaohsiung, Taiwan

Key Data Order year 1994 Output 2,410MW Plant type CCGT Location Kaohsiung, Taiwan Estimated investment $1bn Sponsor Taiwan Power Lead equipment supplier Siemens Full specifications Thought to be valued at more than $1bn, the Hsinta natural gasfired combined-cycle project is Taipower's largest gas-fired investment to date. The 2,410MW combined-cycle installation was designed for peak and intermediate load generation.The power is supplied by five 442MW (net) power trains, each comprising three gas turbines with HRSG and one steam turbine.

Expand Image Thought to be valued at more The project is based in the southwestern port city of Kaohsiung than $1bn, the Hsinta natural and has been built next to an existing 2,100MW coal and oilgas-fired combined-cycle fired plant completed in the 1980s. The project's five units came project is Taipower's largest on-line consecutively between 1998 and 1999. gas-fired investment to date.

Expand Image Hsinta CCGT plant.

"The Hsinta natural gas-fired combined-cycle project is

Expand Image Cross-section of the Siemens V84.2 gas turbine.

Expand Image Gibsin retrofitted FGD units to meet SOx and other emissions limits.

Taipower's largest gas-fired investment to date." Hsinta is the central element of the fuel diversification strategy and emission reduction programme which followed the first wave of oil, coal and nuclear investment in the 1970s and 1980s. In 1995, the first flue gas desulfurisation retrofit ever undertaken in Taiwan was completed on Units 1 and 2. In 2000, a demonstration predictive emission monitoring system (PEMS) was installed on Hsinta Unit 1.
TAIPOWER RUNS TAIWANESE POWER GENERATION

The state-run Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) is responsible for production and distribution of electric power in Taiwan. Nearly two-thirds of all power generated is used by industry. Taipower's annual operating revenues are more than $9bn and the company employs 25,000 people. The Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) has promoted the