title: Hsieh-ho Power Plant
text: # Hsieh-ho Power Plant
  
  The Hsieh-ho Power Plant (traditional Chinese: 協和發電廠; simplified Chinese: 协和发电厂; pinyin: Xiéhé Fādiànchǎng) is an oil-fired power plant in Zhongshan District, Keelung, Taiwan. The power plant is the only fully oil-fired power plant in Taiwan.
  
  ## History
  
  The power plant started its operation after the commissioning of its first generation unit in January 1977.
  
  ## Generation units
  
  The power plant consists of four 500-MW generation units. The third 500-MW unit was finished on 19 December 1979 after a record-breaking construction period of 26 months. It went into operation in March 1980. The fourth 500-MW unit was completed in 1985 after 29 months construction period.
  
  The units 1 and 2 were decommissioned on Dec. 31, 2019.
  
  ## Components
  
  The steam generator is rated at 1,701 tonne/hour, 176 $kg/cm^2$ and 542 °C at superheater outlet and reheat to 542 °C.
  
  The steam turbine is a tandem-compound with four flow exhaust, 3,600 rpm single reheat with throttle steam conditions of 166 $kg/cm^2,$ 538 °C with reheat to 538 °C.
  
  The stacks are 200 meters high slip-form reinforced concrete stack.
  
  ## Transportation
  
  Hsieh-ho Power Plant is accessible North from Keelung Station of Taiwan Railways.
  
  