Chiayi Plant CY power station

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Chiayi Plant CY power station (台塑嘉義發電廠) is a retired power station in Chiayi, Chiayi County, Taiwan. It is also known as Power Plant of Chiayi.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Chiayi Plant CY power station Chiayi, Chiayi County, Chiayi, Taiwan 23.51, 120.37 (approximate)
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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology Start year Retired year
Retired[1] coal: unknown 40 subcritical 1991 2022[1]

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Owner Parent
Formosa Plastics Corp [100%] Formosa Plastics Corp [100.0%]

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry: Chemicals


Background

The Chiayi Plant CY power station (台塑嘉義發電廠) is a 40-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station in Chiayi County, Taiwan.[2][3]

In Nan Ya Plastics Corporation's 2021 Sustainability Report (published June 2022), it was reported that the company was planning to convert several of its coal-fired captive power stations (primarily at chemical plants) to gas-fueled power units before 2030.[4] The following coal-to-gas conversions were planned to take place, or had already taken place, between 2021 and 2030:

  • 2021: Linkou utility plant (Conversion had already taken place at the time of reporting)
  • 2022: "Utility plants in Shulin site and Kung San site [sic]"
  • 2023: "Utility plant in Chiayi site [sic]"
  • 2030: "Utility plants in Jinxing site [sic]."[4]


According to the 2022 Sustainability Report of Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, the coal-fired boiler at the Chiayi utility plant had been replaced by gas-fired boilers in 2022.[5]

In the 2023 Annual Report of Nan Ya Plastics (published in June 2023), there was no mention of the Chiayi power plant's conversion progress, though the Linkou and Shulin plants' coal-to-gas conversions were confirmed in the report as complete.[6] An online update from Formosa Plastics in January 2024 mentioned the company's investment in a solar power installation project at the Chiayi Plant in 2023.[7]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 (PDF) https://www.npc.com.tw/npcfile/public/download/csr/2022_csr_001_en.pdf. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. "Formosa Plastics Group, Introduction," Formosa Plastics Group, 2018
  3. "World Electric Power Plants Database," S&P Global - Platts, accessed June 2021 (purchase required)
  4. 4.0 4.1 Nan Ya Plastics Corporation 2021 Sustainability Report, Formosa Plastics Group, Published: June 2022
  5. 2022 Nan Ya Plastics Corporation Sustainability Report, Formosa Plastics Group, 2022
  6. Nan Ya Plastics Corporation 2023 Annual Report, Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Printed: April 2, 2023, Published: June 14, 2023
  7. 減碳目標暨潔淨科技投資, Nan Ya Plastics Corporation, Jnauary 26, 2024

Additional data

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