Mailiao Power Plant
{{Short description|Power plant in Mailiao, Yunlin, Taiwan}}
{{Infobox power station
| name = Mailiao Power Plant
| name_official = 麥寮電廠
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| country = Republic of China
| location = Mailiao, Yunlin, Taiwan
| status = O
| construction_began = 12 December 1996
| commissioned = 1999 (Unit 1 & 2)
2000 (Unit 3 & A)
2001 (Unit 5 & B)
2002 (Unit 4)
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| cost = NT$40 billion
(US$1.16 billion){{cite web|url=http://www.icis.com/Articles/1998/08/04/63784/fpg+mailiao+power+plant+ready+march+99.html |title=FPG Mailiao power plant ready March 99-04/08/1998-ICIS News |publisher=Icis.com |date=1998-08-04 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}
| owner = Mai-Liao Power Corporation
Formosa Petrochemical Corporation
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| th_fuel_primary = Coal
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The Mailiao Power Plant ({{zh|t=麥寮電廠|s=麦寮电厂|first=t|p=Màiliáo Diànchǎng}}) is a coal-fired power plant in Formosa Mai-Liao Industrial Park, Mailiao Township, Yunlin County, Taiwan.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/Case-MailiaoFPP.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-17 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301223653/http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/case-mailiaofpp.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-01 |url-status=dead }} With a total installed capacity of 4,200 MW,{{cite web|url=http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/4138 |title=Mai-Liao (Mailiao) Coal Power Plant - GEO |publisher=Globalenergyobservatory.org |date=2010-02-15 |accessdate=2014-05-01}} 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.{{cite web |url=http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=14816&CtNode=103&htx_TRCategory=&mp=4 |title=Taiwan Info - FPG constructing 1st private power plant |accessdate=2014-12-10 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141210104641/http://taiwaninfo.nat.gov.tw/ct.asp?xItem=14816&CtNode=103&htx_TRCategory=&mp=4 |archivedate=2014-12-10 }}
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.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/case-mailiaofpp.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2014-02-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140301223653/http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/case-mailiaofpp.pdf |archive-date=2014-03-01 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=http://www.fpg.com.tw/html/eng/no6.htm |title=FPG |publisher=FPG |date= |accessdate=2014-05-01}}
Architecture
The power plant is located on a 87 hectares of area made of reclaimed land.{{cite web|url=http://www.mlmpc.com.tw/j2mpc/enus/feature.do|title=Plant Imformation & Features|website=Mai-Liao Power|accessdate=12 August 2020}}
Its smokestacks have a height of 250 metres [https://berich.com.tw/DP/Cmpinfo/Special_news.asp?no=298423].
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kingtechengineer.com/?page_id=75 |title=FPCC Mailiao Power Plant Coal Handling System | KINGTECH Engineering |publisher=Kingtechengineer.com |date= |accessdate=2014-05-01}} It gets its coal directly from cargo ships docking at its Mai-Liao Industrial Port, next to the power plant. 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. The cooling system for the plant comes directly from the sea water with a total usage amount of 200,000 tons per day.
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.{{cite news|last=Chen|first=Kevin|date=21 June 2012|url=http://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2012/06/21/2003535843|title=FPG's Yunlin plants back online after power outage|work=Taipei Times|access-date=3 November 2021}}
=2016=
On 1 August 2016, a generating unit of the power plant broke down, disrupting the supply of power.{{cite news|author=Central News Agency|date=1 August 2016|url=https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/2960485|title=Power system flashes orange alert after breakdown at power plant|work=Taiwan News|access-date=31 October 2021}}{{cite news|author=CNA|date=2 August 2016|url=http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2016/08/02/474162/Orange-alert.htm|title=Orange alert after breakdown at power plant in Yunlin|work=The China Post|access-date=6 August 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808035856/http://www.chinapost.com.tw/taiwan/2016/08/02/474162/Orange-alert.htm|archive-date=8 August 2016}}
=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.{{cite web|url=http://focustaiwan.tw/news/aeco/201710080014.aspx|date=8 October 2017|first1=Ya-chuan|last1=Huang|first2=Elizabeth|last2=Hsu|title=Mailiao power plant down one generator due to equipment problem|publisher=Focus Taiwan|accessdate=9 October 2017}}
See also
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