Taipower has been actively developing new energy applications in order to achieve the goal of “Net Zero Electricity”. It signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Siemens Energy in April of last year, aiming to achieve a 5% demonstration of gas-fired hydrogen blending for power generation by 2025, and held a groundbreaking ceremony today (February 18) to take another step toward the goal of Net Zero Emissions for Taiwan. According to Taipower, this project echoes Kaohsiung's vision of a net zero city. The Hsinta Power Plant has been selected as a demonstration site for hydrogen blending power generation, and will be upgraded and renovated to create the first hydrogen blending power generation unit in Taiwan. It is scheduled to be officially put into operation at the end of the year, and is expected to achieve the 5% hydrogen blending power generation demonstration ahead of schedule in 2024.

• Today, Taipower held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Hsinta 5% Hydrogen Blending Power Generation Demonstration Project at the Hsinta Power Plant, inviting guests from all walks of life to witness the official start of Taipower’s gas-fired hydrogen blending power generation demonstration project. Pictured from left to right in the photo are Taipower President Wang Yao-Ting, Siemens Energy Taiwan’s Managing Director John Kilpack, Kaohsiung City Government Environmental Protection Bureau Director Chang Rui-Hui, Kaohsiung City Government Economic Development Bureau Director Liao Tai-Hsiang, Legislative Member Chiu Chih-Wei, Taipower’s Active Chairman Tseng Wen-Sheng, Academia Sinica President Liao Chun-Chi, Kaohsiung City Councilor Huang Chiu-Ying, Yongan District Mayor Chiang Jin-An, Taipower Vice President Kuo Tien-Ho, Qieding District Mayor Chiu Jin-Po, and Labor Union Secretary General Hsiao Hsien-Chung.

This morning, Taipower held a groundbreaking ceremony for the “Hsinta 5% Hydrogen Blending Power Generation Demonstration Project” at the Hsinta Power Plant, which was attended by Taipower’s Acting Chairman Tseng Wen-Sheng, Taipower President Wang Yao-Ting, Academia Sinica President Liao Chun-Chi, Kaohsiung City Government Economic Development Bureau Director Liao Tai-Hsiang, Kaohsiung City Government Environmental Protection Bureau Director Chang Rui-Hui, Legislative Member Chiu Chih-Wei, Siemens Energy Taiwan’s Managing Director John Kilpack, and other distinguished guests. Taipower’s gas-fired hydrogen blending power generation demonstration project has officially begun construction, and a special 16-meter-long hydrogen tanker was brought to the site to simulate the future hydrogen blending demonstration operation.

• Today, Taipower held a groundbreaking ceremony for the “Hsinta 5% Hydrogen Blending Power Generation Demonstration Project” at the Hsinta Power Plant, marking another crucial step towards the country’s net-zero emissions goal.

Taipower pointed out that in the face of the 2050 net-zero emissions international target, Taipower is not only proactively developing renewable energy and energy storage systems, but is also using new energy applications to ensure grid stability and reduce carbon emissions for its existing power generation units. The Hsinta Power Plant has five gas-fired multiple-cycle units with a total capacity of 2.226 gigawatts, generating over 15,000 gigawatts of electricity annually. The hydrogen blending power generation demonstration project is based on the third gas turbine generator of the existing gas-fired No. 3 unit. In cooperation the original manufacturer, Siemens Energy, which has already realized hydrogen blending power generation in Europe using similar units, the project will break ground today. Subsequently, Taipower will carry out burner renovation, then build a new hydrogen and natural gas blending facility to create the first hydrogen blending power generation unit in Taiwan.

• In cooperation with the original manufacturer, Siemens Energy, the Hsinta 5% Hydrogen Blending Power Generation Demonstration Project will use the third gas turbine of the existing gas-fired No. 3 unit as the main body for the burner renovation and construction of new hydrogen and natural gas blending equipment. At the same time, a hydrogen tanker area, hydrogen refueling station, and transmission pipeline will be set up outside the No. 3 unit. Hydrogen stored at high pressure will be delivered to the power plant via the hydrogen tanker, then the hydrogen will be depressurized at the hydrogen refueling station and transported to the gas turbine room via the transmission pipeline. There, it will be blended with natural gas (95%) at a ratio of 5% through the blending equipment. Finally, it will be sent to the third gas turbine unit (GT3-3) of the existing gas-fired No. 3 unit for mixed-fired power generation.

Taipower stated that hydrogen will be transported to the power plant via high pressure hydrogen tanker. To ensure stable hydrogen transmission during mixed-fired power generation, a hydrogen tanker placement area, hydrogen refueling station, and transmission pipeline will be set up outside the Unit No. 3 plant at the same time. It is expected to complete the renovation and new construction projects in November and officially enter the hydrogen blending verification stage in December. It is also expected that the gas-fired hydrogen blending 5% power generation demonstration will be achieved ahead of schedule in 2024. In the future, it is anticipated that the blending ratio will be gradually increased to 15% with the development of technology, and is planned to be implemented in other generating units and power plants.

Taipower not only cooperates with international companies such as Siemens and Mitsubishi to promote the demonstration of gas-fired hydrogen blending and coal-fired ammonia blending for new energy applications in existing power generation units, but also just signed a carbon reduction and green energy cooperation memorandum with Academia Sinica, the highest academic research institution in Taiwan, in February, to work closely in the areas of methane pyrolysis, geothermal energy, and marine energy, in the hope of moving toward the goal of net zero electricity through multiple channels.

Spokesperson: Wu Chin-Chung, Chief Engineer

Telephone: (02) 2366-6271 / 0910-192-766

Email: u850899@taipower.com.tw

Contact Person: Cheng Tien-Te, Director, Power Generation Department

Telephone: (02) 2366-6500 / 0921-796-103

Email: u575656@taipower.com.tw