Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).
| # | Plant | Fuel | MW |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Taipei Port power station | Coal | 6,000 |
| 2 | Taizhong Taichung | Coal | 5,780 |
| 3 | Dah-Tarn | Gas | 4,380 |
| 4 | Mailao | Coal | 4,200 |
| 5 | Hsinta (coal) | Coal | 3,526 |
| 6 | Tunghsiao | Gas | 3,179 |
| 7 | Longmen nuclear power plant | Nuclear | 2,700 |
| 8 | Hsinta (gas) | Gas | 2,410 |
| 9 | Fong Der power station | Gas | 2,080 |
| 10 | Kuosheng | Nuclear | 2,040 |
| 11 | Hsiehho | Oil | 2,000 |
| 12 | Maanshan | Nuclear | 1,902 |
| 13 | Kuo Kuang power station | Gas | 1,730 |
| 14 | Ming-Tan | Hydro | 1,602 |
| 15 | Changgong power station | Coal | 1,600 |
| 16 | Shen'ao power station | Coal | 1,600 |
| 17 | Ho-Ping power station | Coal | 1,320 |
| 18 | Chia-Hui 3 power station | Gas | 1,282 |
| 19 | Chinshan | Nuclear | 1,272 |
| 20 | Tainan Jiuwei Nanke power station | Gas | 1,200 |
There are 60 power plants in Taiwan in this open dataset, with about 60,373 MW of total capacity.
Taipei Port power station is the largest at about 6,000 MW (coal).
The most common plant type in this dataset is coal (19 plants), across 7 fuel types in total.
Taiwan's grid carbon intensity is about 633 gCO₂/kWh, with 13.4% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).
Power plants in Taiwan