Siemens Energy will build a 1.1 GW LNG-to-power plant in Taiwan

Siemens Energy in partnership with CTCI Corporation will build a 1.1 GW gas-fired power plant in Taiwan for the independent power producer Sun Ba Power Corporation. The project will be fired with regasified LNG. Sun Ba Power Corporation is an affiliate of JERA. JERA, through its subsidiaries Star Energy Power Corporation, Sun Ba Power Corporation and Star Buck Power Corporation, operates 3 gas-fired power plants (490 MW Chang Bin, 980 MW Fong Der and 490 MW Starbuck).

A new 500 MW CCGT unit has recently been commissioned at Chiahuei (unit 2), along with 500 MW of new solar PV installations.

Taiwan’s installed capacity stood at 58 GW at the end of 2020, with 36% of coal, 32% of gas and 10% of solar. Nuclear only accounts for 6% of total capacity, with 3.9 GW. Taiwan plans to exit nuclear power by 2025, replacing existing capacity with gas-fired and renewables projects.