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Power plants in Taiwan

A directory of 39 power plants in Taiwan with a combined installed capacity of 37,212 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

39power plants
37,212MW total capacity
7fuel types
0with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Taiwan)

Gas: 9 plants9GasHydro: 9 plants9HydroWind: 7 plants7WindCoal: 7 plants7CoalSolar: 3 plants3SolarNuclear: 3 plants3NuclearOil: 1 plants1Oil

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Taiwan electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

633gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
13.4%low-carbon electricity
12.2%renewables
86.6%fossil fuels
Gas: 49 % of electricity49GasCoal: 36 % of electricity36CoalSolar: 5 % of electricity5SolarWind: 4 % of electricity4WindHydro: 2 % of electricity2HydroOil: 2 % of electricity2OilNuclear: 1 % of electricity1NuclearBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

Largest plants in Taiwan

#PlantFuelMW
1Taizhong TaichungCoal5,500
2Dah-TarnGas4,380
3MailaoCoal4,200
4Hsinta (gas)Gas2,410
5Hsinta (coal)Coal2,200
6KuoshengNuclear2,040
7HsiehhoOil2,000
8MaanshanNuclear1,902
9TunghsiaoGas1,785
10Ming-TanHydro1,602
11Ho-Ping power stationCoal1,296
12ChinshanNuclear1,272
13Daguan ErchangHydro1,000
14Ming-HuHydro1,000
15Nanpu (NG)Gas800
16ChiahuiGas670
17TalinGas550
18Star BuckGas490
19Jenwu PlantCoal362
20Hsinkang SK power stationCoal361

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Gas (9)Hydro (9)Wind (7)Coal (7)Solar (3)Nuclear (3)