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Viewing cable 07TAIPEI1168, TAIWAN USING GAS TURBINES AND WINDPOWER TO MEET

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
07TAIPEI1168 2007-05-24 23:00 2011-08-23 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED//FOR OFFICIAL USE ONLY American Institute Taiwan, Taipei
VZCZCXRO6078
RR RUEHCN RUEHGH RUEHHM RUEHLN RUEHMA RUEHPB RUEHPOD RUEHVC
DE RUEHIN #1168/01 1442300
ZNR UUUUU ZZH
R 242300Z MAY 07
FM AIT TAIPEI
TO RUEHC/SECSTATE WASHDC 5376
INFO RUEHOO/CHINA POSTS COLLECTIVE
RUEHZN/ENVIRONMENT SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY COLLECTIVE
RUEHBJ/AMEMBASSY BEIJING 6825
RUEHUL/AMEMBASSY SEOUL 8665
RUEHKO/AMEMBASSY TOKYO 8801
RHMFIUU/HQ EPA WASHINGTON DC
RHMFIUU/DEPT OF ENERGY WASHINGTON DC
UNCLAS SECTION 01 OF 02 TAIPEI 001168 
 
SIPDIS 
 
SENSITIVE 
SIPDIS 
 
USDOE FOR INTERNATIONAL -PUMPHREY 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: SENV KNNP ENRG TW
SUBJECT: TAIWAN USING GAS TURBINES AND WINDPOWER TO MEET 
ENERGY DEMAND 
 
REF: 06 TAIPEI 03518 
 
1.  SUMMARY.  Taipower Co. operates the Tatan complex which 
will consist of six LNG-fueled units generating power from 
gas/steam turbines. Two of the units are currently 
operational with the remainder scheduled for completion in 
2008.  When complete the complex is expected to produce 10 
percent of Taiwan's power needs.  The project has lately been 
faced with environmental issues related to algae reefs 
offshore where some of the gas pipelines are being installed. 
 Wind-power units on site are subject to seasonal winds.  END 
SUMMARY 
 
THE MOST EFFICIENT GAS-FIRED POWER PLANT 
---------------------------------------- 
 
2.  AIT ESTH officer visited Tatan power plant complex on May 
9, located on Taiwan's Northeast coast.  He also observed 
some of the wind-power installations.  Tatan was conceived as 
a backup to the fourth Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) which has 
been scheduled for completion in 2009.  (note: AIT industry 
sources suggest that date is very optimistic and a more 
realistic date is 2010 or possibly 2011. End note).  The 
Tatan complex will be fueled with LNG imported from Qatar 
through an arrangement with Exxon/Mobil (reftel).  A total of 
six combined-cycle gas units are planned with the final unit 
to become operational in late 2008.  Total electricity 
generated from the six units will be 4,384 MW.  Currently, 
two mixed-fuel units are operating using both distilled oil 
and LNG.  When the remaining four units are completed, they 
will have an efficiency of 51.65 percent, making it the most 
efficient gas-turbines in the whole island.  The LNG will 
arrive by ship in Taichung harbor and then travel by 
pipeline, now under construction by China Petroleum 
Corporation (CPC) to Tatan. 
 
AN INCOMPLETE EIS THREATENS ALGAE REEFS 
--------------------------------------- 
 
3.  (SBU)  Environmentalists claim that the pipeline from 
Taichung to Taoyuan (Tatan) will threaten offshore algae 
reefs that have taken thousands of years to form.  The gas 
pipeline as designed will be built over  algae reefs that 
occur in abundance off the Taoyuan County coast where the 
powerplant is sited.  The reefs provide structural support 
for the pipelines that a soft sandy bottom cannot.  In 2005, 
Taiwan Environmental Protection Agency (TEPA) approved an 
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the pipeline 
construction.  However evidence of potential damage to algae 
reefs surfaced after the EIS approval.  TEPA acknowledged to 
AIT that although they have asked Taipower and CPC to come up 
with protection measures by the end of May,l essentially they 
cannot demand drastic measures because they approved  the EIS 
earlier. 
 
 
WIND POWER: HIGH COST - LOW RETURNS 
----------------------------------- 
 
4.  ESTH officer also visited a cluster of three 
wind-turbines next to Tatan (23 units are currently operating 
along the coast in Tatan with a capacity of 34.5 MW).  These 
units, supplied by GE at a cost of $3 million/unit were idle 
because the turbines only kick-in when the wind speed reaches 
4 meters/sec and stop when it reaches 25 meters/sec. 
Taipower officials stated that Winter was the best season for 
operating the wind turbines when winds average 5-6 
meters/sec.  This limits their peak operational time to six 
months.  Taipower officials complained of the difficulty 
maintaining the 164-foot tall windmills (maintenance is 
through a single stairway to the top) while the power 
generated was small compared with conventional coal/gas fired 
turbines.  However, Taiwan's overall energy plan calls for 
installation of enough units to generate 10 percent of 
Taiwan's energy needs by 2010.  If this goal is realized, 
windpower would account for 80 percent of renewable energy. 
Out of 546 windmills (with a total capacity of 1,980 MW) 
planned for construction between 2010 to 2020, 176 will be 
installed off the Penghu islands (located in the Taiwan 
Straits) and the electricity relayed to Taiwan via a 40 km 
undersea cable.  The other 376 units will be installed along 
the coast of Changhua and Yunlin counties in central Taiwan. 
 
TAIPEI 00001168  002 OF 002 
 
 
 
 
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