Talin Power Plant

Talin Power Plant
Official name大林發電廠
CountryRepublic of China
LocationSiaogang, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
Coordinates22°32′10″N 120°20′8″E / 22.53611°N 120.33556°E / 22.53611; 120.33556
StatusOperational
Construction began1967
Commission date1969
2018 (1 X 800 MW unit)
2019 (1 X 800 MW unit)
Decommission date2012: 2 X 300 MW Coal
2017: 2 X 375 MW oil
OwnerTaipower
OperatorTaipower
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal, oil, natural gas
Power generation
Units operational2 X 800 MW (coal)
500 MW (LNG and oil)
550 MW (LNG and oil)
Make and modelMitsubishi Heavy Industries
General Electric
Nameplate capacity2,400 MW
External links
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The Talin Power Plant (traditional Chinese: 大林發電廠; simplified Chinese: 大林发电厂; pinyin: Dàlín Fādiànchǎng) or Dalin Power Plant is a mix-generation power plant in Siaogang District, Kaohsiung, Taiwan.

As of November 2022 it has four operational units: two 800 MW ultra-supercritical coal-fired units, which went into commercial operation on February 13, 2018 and October 24, 2019, a 500 MW gas-fired unit, which went into commercial operation on October 15, 1975 and a 550 MW gas-fired unit, which went into commercial operation on September 12, 1994.