Jenwu Plant is a 362 MW coal power station in Kaohsiung, Taiwan. It is operated by Formosa Plastics Corp. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 453k homes (estimated). It ranks #28 of 60 Taiwan power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1989, it is around 37 years old — long-established. In context, coal supplies about 36.3% 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 WRI1075560.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
Data provenance
Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.
capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD
In context: how this plant compares
At 362 MW, Jenwu Plant is well above the median coal plant in Taiwan (324 MW). Technically it is described as subcritical. Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Taiwan coal capacity
- 1.4% of 26,070 MW across 19 plants in this dataset
- Age among peers
- 2 of 16 dated coal plants in Taiwan are older
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest coal plants in Taiwan
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Formosa Plastics Corp.
Local climate & thermal context
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am) — Northern Hemisphere, latitude 22.7°N — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in an extreme marine/tropical environment (estimated ISO 9223 class CX — Extreme), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #8 largest coal power plant of 19 in Taiwan by capacity.
Taiwan has 19 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 26,070 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Chiutang Mill power station · Coal · 50 MW · Kaohsiung
- Nanpu (NG) · Gas · 800 MW · Kaohsiung
- Talin · Gas · 550 MW · Kaohsiung
- Hsinta (gas) · Gas · 2,410 MW · Kaohsiung
- Hsinta (coal) · Coal · 3,525.95 MW · Kaohsiung
- Linyuan Plant power station · Coal · 46 MW · Kaohsiung
Location
Coordinates 22.7016, 120.335 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Jenwu Plant?
Jenwu Plant is a 362 MW coal power plant in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, commissioned in 1989.
Who operates Jenwu Plant?
Jenwu Plant is operated by Formosa Plastics Corp.