Taiwan Power Company

Taiwan’s Largest Government Energy Storage System Supplied by Fluence in Partnership with TECO Starts Operation

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Thursday, January 25, 2024

Located at the Taoyuan Longtan ultra-high voltage substation, the energy storage system was supplied by Fluence in partnership with TECO Electric & Machinery Co. (TECO).

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  • Located at the Taoyuan Longtan ultra-high voltage substation, the energy storage system was supplied by Fluence in partnership with TECO Electric & Machinery Co. (TECO).
  • The Longtan energy storage system is currently Taipower’s largest storage project in Taiwan, with an installed capacity equivalent to the average daily electricity consumption of nearly 8,000 households.
  • “Leveraging the global experience and advanced technology of the Fluence team, combined with TECO's expertise in large-scale energy storage system construction, we have jointly delivered Taiwan’s largest government energy storage project with proven technology and superior services that exceeded Taipower’s technical requirement.
  • It further demonstrates our long-term commitment to Taiwan's energy transition.”
    Taipower’s energy storage system at Longtan, Taoyuan is a key project for the Taiwan government.

Vantage Data Centers expands its Asia Pacific footprint to Taipei with 16MW data center development

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Wednesday, December 6, 2023

Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced its entrance into Taipei, Taiwan’s largest data center market.

Key Points: 
  • Vantage Data Centers, a leading global provider of hyperscale data center campuses, today announced its entrance into Taipei, Taiwan’s largest data center market.
  • The company will open TPE1 , a 16MW, 215,000 square foot (20,000 square meters) data center in mid 2024.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231206381321/en/
    Vantage Data Centers’ 16MW Taipei data center will open in mid 2024 (Photo: Business Wire)
    Sited on two acres (one hectare), the new five-story facility will be located in Taiwan’s capital city just 35 minutes from the Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport.
  • “Taipei is a prime location to serve customers across Asia as demand across the region continues to skyrocket, especially given the use of modern technologies such as AI,” said Raymond Tong, president of Vantage Data Centers, APAC.

Reactive Technologies’ Grid Inertia Measurement Tech to Enable Offshore Wind Rollout in Taiwan

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Taiwan has set an ambitious “20-30-50” goal to have 20% of electricity generated by renewables, 30% by coal, and 50% by gas in 2025.

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  • Taiwan has set an ambitious “20-30-50” goal to have 20% of electricity generated by renewables, 30% by coal, and 50% by gas in 2025.
  • With abundant wind resources, Taiwan is targeting 45-50 GW of offshore wind capacity by 2050.
  • The country recently inaugurated the Formosa 2 offshore wind farm at the Waipu Fishing Port in Miaoli, one of the largest offshore wind farms in Taiwan.
  • TPC is responsible for the effective operation, coordination, and stability of the electricity grid in Taiwan.

Northland Power Announces Signing of Credit Agreement for $5.0 Billion Project Financing at Hai Long Offshore Wind Project

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Friday, September 22, 2023

TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northland Power Inc. (Northland) (TSX: NPI) today announced that its Hai Long offshore wind project (Hai Long or the project) in Taiwan has signed a credit agreement to secure 118 billion New Taiwan Dollars long-term over 20 year non-recourse financing (equivalent of $5 billion CAD). The weighted average all-in interest cost for the term of the financing is expected to be approximately five per cent.

Key Points: 
  • The project is Northland’s first offshore wind project in Asia and fifth in Northland’s offshore wind portfolio.
  • Upon completion of Hai Long and the Baltic Power project, the company’s gross installed offshore wind capacity will nearly triple from 1.2 GW to 3.3 GW.
  • TORONTO, Sept. 21, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northland Power Inc. (Northland) (TSX: NPI) today announced that its Hai Long offshore wind project (Hai Long or the project) in Taiwan has signed a credit agreement to secure 118 billion New Taiwan Dollars long-term over 20 year non-recourse financing (equivalent of $5 billion CAD).
  • Once operational, Hai Long will be one the largest offshore wind facilities in Asia, and provide enough clean energy to power more than one million Taiwanese households.

Mitsubishi Electric Receives Order for Taiwan's First STATCOM for Power Stabilization

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Friday, May 26, 2023

Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its Taipei-based affiliate Shihlin Electric & Engineering Corporation has received an order from Taiwan Power Company for Taiwan's first static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) for power grid stabilization.

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  • Mitsubishi Electric Corporation (TOKYO: 6503) announced today that its Taipei-based affiliate Shihlin Electric & Engineering Corporation has received an order from Taiwan Power Company for Taiwan's first static synchronous compensator (STATCOM) for power grid stabilization.
  • STATCOMs are devices that control and stabilize voltage in power systems by instantly providing reactive power.
  • The STATCOM from Mitsubishi Electric will be delivered to the Nanke Substation in Tainan and installed in a substation designed to blend in with its surrounding landscape and community.
  • Taiwan Power highly evaluated Mitsubishi Electric's extra-reliable, high-performance insulated-gate bipolar transistor (IGBT) integrated with the STATCOM, as well as Shihlin Electric's experience in delivering and constructing substations, which led the utility to place Taiwan's first order for a STATCOM.

GOGORO AND ENEL X ACCELERATE TAIWAN'S ENERGY TRANSITION WITH INTEGRATION OF VIRTUAL POWER PLANT AND 2,500 BATTERY SWAPPING STATIONS ACROSS 1,000+ LOCATIONS

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Tuesday, April 18, 2023

"We are entering a new era of smart energy infrastructure, and by integrating the Gogoro Network with the Enel X Virtual Power Plant (VPP) in Taiwan we are providing a new energy resource.

Key Points: 
  • "We are entering a new era of smart energy infrastructure, and by integrating the Gogoro Network with the Enel X Virtual Power Plant (VPP) in Taiwan we are providing a new energy resource.
  • Integrating Gogoro Network battery swapping energy into the Enel X VPP in Taiwan has the same effect as bringing new energy generation online to meet energy demand.
  • "Enel X's VPP aggregates Gogoro's battery swapping energy load to contribute to TPC's Energy Trading Platform for ancillary service.
  • Enel X Taiwan has the largest VPP in Taiwan's energy market today[2], managing the largest volume of distributed energy resources in TPC's Energy Trading Platform.

Gogoro Releases First Impact Report, Highlights Sustainable Contributions, and Outlines Key Goals for The Future

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Thursday, February 16, 2023

TAIPEI, Taiwan, Feb. 16, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Gogoro Inc. (Nasdaq: GGR), a global technology leader in battery swapping ecosystems that enable sustainable mobility solutions for cities, today released its first Impact Report. The Impact Report highlights Gogoro's progress in sustainability and ESG and outlines how Gogoro battery swapping and Smartscooters have been successful in enabling the transformation to sustainable urban transportation. The Impact Report can be accessed on Gogoro's Website at Gogoro Impact Report.

Key Points: 
  • The Impact Report highlights Gogoro's progress in sustainability and ESG and outlines how Gogoro battery swapping and Smartscooters have been successful in enabling the transformation to sustainable urban transportation.
  • The Impact Report can be accessed on Gogoro's Website at Gogoro Impact Report .
  • Gogoro Releases First Impact Report, Highlights Sustainable Contributions, and Outlines Key Goals for The Future
    "What a difference a decade makes.
  • We started Gogoro to address these challenges and fundamentally change urban transportation for the better, and we are making progress.

Ubiik Wins 4th Consecutive AMI Tender in Taiwan to Surpass 1Mn Smart Meters Deployed by 2024, Strengthens Its Offering with Private LTE Solutions

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Wednesday, December 14, 2022

Together with the 3 tenders won in 2018, 2019, and 2020, the 4th tender win will bring the total tender value won to US$58Mn and total deployment to 1.17Mn meters.

Key Points: 
  • Together with the 3 tenders won in 2018, 2019, and 2020, the 4th tender win will bring the total tender value won to US$58Mn and total deployment to 1.17Mn meters.
  • After becoming the leading AMI solution provider in Taiwan from 2018 thanks to its consecutive tender wins, Ubiik started combining its well-established, field-proven private LPWAN solution - based on Weightless- with 3GPP-compliant Cellular IoT technologies (LTE-M and NB-IOT).
  • and optimized for FDD/TDD deployments of private LTE networks or coverage extension of existing networks.
  • Since its successful AMI project in 2018 which has expanded its product portfolio to a PaaS platform, Ubiik has become a vertical IoT solutions provider.

MHI Signs MOU with Taiwan Power Company for Ammonia Co-Firing at the Linkou Thermal Power Plant

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Thursday, November 17, 2022

TOKYO, Nov 17, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has reached an agreement with the Taiwanese state-owned firm Taiwan Power Company (TPC) to conduct a study on introducing ammonia co-firing at the Linkou Thermal Power Plant in Linkou District, New Taipei, Taiwan.

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  • TOKYO, Nov 17, 2022 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) has reached an agreement with the Taiwanese state-owned firm Taiwan Power Company (TPC) to conduct a study on introducing ammonia co-firing at the Linkou Thermal Power Plant in Linkou District, New Taipei, Taiwan.
  • The MOU signing ceremony held in Taiwan was attended by TPC President Yao-Ting Wang, with MHI represented by Senior Executive Fellow Toshiyuki Hashi, Head of Energy Transition & Power Headquarters of Energy Systems.
  • MHI and Mitsubishi Corporation Machinery will consider and supply ammonia burners and other equipment and systems necessary for ammonia co-firing.
  • MHI's Toshiyuki Hashi said: "MHI has been contributing to the power industry in Taiwan for around 50 years.

Northland Power Announces Signing of Corporate Power Purchase Agreement for Hai Long 2B and 3 Offshore Wind Project

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Monday, July 11, 2022

TORONTO, July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northland Power Inc. (Northland or the Company) (TSX: NPI) is pleased to announce the signing of a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) for production from its Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan secured under auction.

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  • TORONTO, July 11, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Northland Power Inc. (Northland or the Company) (TSX: NPI) is pleased to announce the signing of a Corporate Power Purchase Agreement (CPPA) for production from its Hai Long offshore wind project in Taiwan secured under auction.
  • Hai Long consists of three offshore wind sites being developed as a single project with a combined gross capacity of 1,044 MW.
  • In addition to Hai Long 2B and 3, the project includes Hai Long 2A (300 MW).
  • Hai Long 2A entered a separate 20-year power PPA with Taipower in 2019 under a Feed-in-Tariff allocation.