Linkou Power Plant
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| Official name | 林口發電廠 |
| Country | Republic of China |
| Location | Linkou, New Taipei, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 25°07′15″N 121°17′54″E / 25.12083°N 121.29833°ECoordinates: 25°07′15″N 121°17′54″E / 25.12083°N 121.29833°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Construction began | August 1965 |
| Commission date | 18 July 1968 (old Unit 1) 17 March 1972 (old Unit 2) October 2016 (Unit 1) |
| Decommission date | 1 September 2014 (old Unit 1-2) |
| Owner(s) | Taipower |
| Operator(s) | Taipower |
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| Primary fuel | Coal |
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| Nameplate capacity | 1 X 800 MW |
The Linkou Power Plant (Chinese: 林口發電廠; pinyin: Línkǒu Fādiànchǎng) is a coal-fired power plant in Linkou District, New Taipei, Taiwan. With the previous total installed capacity of 600 MW, the power plant used to be the smallest coal-fired power plant in Taiwan. The power plant is currently undergoing retrofitting to increase its installed generation capacity to 2.4 GW.
The power plant began its operation on 18 July 1968 after a successful train run of its first 300 MW giant electric generator which started two weeks before.
On 1 September 2014, the current two unit generators were decommissioned.
In October 2016, the plant completed its refurbishment of its old two units and commissioned the new one supercritical unit of 800 MW.
Two 800 MW ultra supercritical coal-fired units are currently being built by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and CTCI Corporation at the plant. Unit 2 and unit 3 are expected to be commissioned in April 2017 and 2019 respectively.
Linkou Power Plant is accessible north of Shanbi Station of Taoyuan Metro.
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