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Datan

Wind power plant in Taiwan, Taiwan. Approximate location 23.3979, 121.3603.

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Datan is a 14 MW wind power plant in Taiwan, Taiwan. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 11,913 homes (estimated). It ranks #30 of 39 Taiwan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 2005, it is around 21 years old — relatively modern. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, wind supplies about 4.2% of Taiwan's electricity; the national grid averages 633 gCO₂/kWh (13.4% low-carbon) (2025).

14MW installed capacity
11,913homes powered (est.)
2005commissioned (~21 yrs)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id WRI1000391.

Capacity vs largest wind plants in Taiwan

Changbin: 96 MW96ChangbinMiaoli: 50 MW50MiaoliDatan wind: 15 MW15Datan windDatan: 14 MW14DatanPenghu: 10 MW10PenghuLinkou Wind: 6 MW6Linkou WindShimen Wind: 4 MW4Shimen Wind

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Local climate & thermal context

This wind plant converts the kinetic energy of wind into electricity through turbine rotors. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 23.4°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

21.7°Cannual mean temp
78heating degree-days (base 18°C)
1,435cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
405 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 17 °CJF: 17 °CFM: 19 °CMA: 22 °CAM: 24 °CMJ: 25 °CJJ: 26 °CJA: 26 °CAS: 25 °CSO: 23 °CON: 20 °CND: 18 °CD26 °C

Heating degree-days here run 97% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 15/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #4 largest wind power plant of 7 in Taiwan by capacity.

Taiwan has 7 wind power plants in this dataset, together about 195 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

Location

Coordinates 23.3979, 121.3603 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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