Beigan Power Plant

{{Short description|Power plant in Beigan, Lienchiang, Taiwan}}

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| name_official = 北竿發電廠

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| location = Beigan, Lienchiang, Taiwan

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| commissioned = 1 July 1974

| decommissioned = 2010

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The Beigan Power Plant ({{zh|t=北竿發電廠|s=北竿发电厂|first=t|p=Běigān Fādiànchǎng}}), nicknamed Jun Hun, was a diesel-fuel power plant in Beigan Township, Lienchiang County, Taiwan.

History

After the end of Chinese Civil War in 1949, the Government of the Republic of China which still control Matsu Islands, began to construct a power plant at the island. In order to protect the plant the People's Liberation Army attacks, it was constructed deep inside a mountain and in a concealed military tunnel, thus making it also as an air raid shelter. The power plant was commissioned on 1 July 1974.{{Cite web|url=https://www.taipower.com.tw/en/news_noclassify_info.aspx?id=4367&chk=0ba868a6-4e67-40d5-86e1-60f690751ad3&mid=5525¶m=pn%3D1%26mid%3D5525%26key%3D|title=Hsieh-ho Power Plant - Zhushan Branch Power Plant|website=Taipower|accessdate=7 December 2020}}

The power plant was decommissioned in 2010. Since then, the power plant had been transformed into an art space. In late September 2023, the decommissioned plant was opened to the public in conjunction with Matsu Biennial.{{cite news|last=Chang|first=Wayne|date=1 November 2023|url=https://edition.cnn.com/style/taiwan-beigan-power-plant-matsu-biennial-hnk-intl/index.html|title=Secretive power plant in Taiwan opens to public for the first time — as an art space|work=CNN|access-date=5 May 2025}}

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