Chia-Hui 3 power station — Taiwan

Chia-Hui 3 power station is a 1,282 MW gas power station in Minxiong, Taiwan. It ranks #18 of 60 Taiwan power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 48.8% of Taiwan's electricity; the national grid averages 633 gCO₂/kWh (13.4% low-carbon) (2025).

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GOGPT_chiahui3_taiwan.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 1,282 MW, Chia-Hui 3 power station is well above the median gas plant in Taiwan (800 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Vernova. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #6 largest gas power plant of 16 in Taiwan by capacity.

Taiwan has 16 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 20,166 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Chiahui · Gas · 670 MW · Chiayi
• Hsinkang SK power station · Coal · 361 MW · Chiayi
• Kouhu · Solar · 5 MW · Yunlin
• Kuan-Tien power station · Coal · 48 MW · Tainan
• Mailao · Coal · 4,200 MW · Taiwan
• Linkou Wind · Wind · 6 MW · Tainan

Location

Coordinates 23.5294053, 120.4730036 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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