Hsingyuan Power Plant

{{Short description|Power plant in Lukang, Changhua County, Taiwan}} {{Infobox power station | name = Hsingyuan Power Plant<br>星元電廠 | name_official = | image = 星元發電廠.png | image_size = | image_caption = | image_alt = | location_map_size = | location_map_caption= | coordinates = {{coord|24|4|47|N|120|24|45|E|type:landmark_region:TW|display=inline,title}} | coordinates_ref = | country = [[Taiwan|Republic of China]] | location = [[Lukang, Changhua|Lukang]], [[Changhua County]], [[Taiwan]] | status = O | construction_began = 2005 | commissioned = March 2009 | decommissioned = | cost = [[New Taiwan Dollar|NT$]]10.6 billion <br>([[United States Dollar|US$]]337 million) | owner = [[Star Buck Power Corporation]]<ref name="cogen1">{{cite web |url=http://www.cogen.com.tw/en/Default.aspx?TreeMenu=0003&SubDir=%2fPerformance%2fIPP%2fStar+Buck+Gas-fired+Power+Plant |title=台灣汽電共生股份有限公司 Taiwan Cogeneration Corporation |publisher=Cogen.com.tw |date= |accessdate=2014-05-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029202209/http://www.cogen.com.tw/en/Default.aspx?TreeMenu=0003&SubDir=%2fPerformance%2fIPP%2fStar+Buck+Gas-fired+Power+Plant |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | operator = | th_fuel_primary = [[Natural gas]] | th_fuel_tertiary = | ps_units_operational= 2 (gas)<br>1 (steam)<br>2 (heat recovery steam) | ps_units_manu_model = [[General Electric]], [[Toshiba]], [[Doosan Group|Doosan]] | th_cogeneration = | th_combined_cycle = | ps_electrical_capacity= 490 MW | ps_electrical_cap_fac= | website = | extra = }}

The '''Hsingyuan Power Plant''' or '''Star Buck Power Plant''' ({{zh|t=星元電廠|s=星元电厂|first=t|p=Xīngyuán Diànchǎng}}) is a [[gas-fired power plant]] in [[Chang-Bin Industrial Park]], [[Lukang, Changhua|Lukang Township]], [[Changhua County]], [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/5531 |title=Star Buck CCGT Power Plant Taiwan - GEO |publisher=Globalenergyobservatory.org |date=2010-02-15 |accessdate=2014-05-01}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/Case-StarBuck.pdf |title=Archived copy |access-date=2013-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029201400/http://www.gibsin.com.tw/old/Case-StarBuck.pdf |archive-date=2013-10-29 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==History== In April 2005, Hsing-yuan Power Corporation was approved by the [[Government of the Republic of China|government]] to construct the Hsingyuan Power Plant at a cost of NT$10.6 billion. The permit was then issued by the [[Ministry of Economic Affairs (Taiwan)|Ministry of Economic Affairs]]. Construction of the plant started at the end of 2005 and the plant was commissioned in March 2009.<ref name="Bloomberg, 29 April 2005">{{cite news|last=Bloomberg|date=29 April 2005|url=https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/biz/archives/2005/04/29/2003252437|title=Hsing-yuan to build independent electricity plant|work=Taipei Times|access-date=13 June 2025}}</ref> It went into full operation in June 2009.<ref name="cogen1"/>

==Technical specifications== The power plant has a total installed generation capacity of 490 MW.<ref name="Bloomberg, 29 April 2005"/>

== See also == {{Portal|Taiwan|Energy}} * [[List of power stations in Taiwan]] * [[Electricity sector in Taiwan]]

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[[Category:2009 establishments in Taiwan]] [[Category:Buildings and structures in Changhua County]] [[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 2009]] [[Category:Natural gas-fired power stations in Taiwan]]