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Power plants in Taiwan

39 power-plant records · 37,212 MW reported capacity

  • Gas 23%
  • Hydro 23%
  • Coal 18%
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Taiwan at a glance

Power-plant records
39
Reported capacity
37,212 MW
Renewable electricity (2024)
10.9%
Most records
Gas, Hydro
Capital
Taipei

Largest listed power plants

  1. 1Taizhong Taichung5,500 MW
  2. 2Dah-Tarn4,380 MW
  3. 3Mailao4,200 MW
  4. 4Hsinta (gas)2,410 MW
  5. 5Hsinta (coal)2,200 MW
  6. 6Kuosheng2,040 MW
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Records by technology

Counts records, not generation share · coverage & dates

Reported capacity is the rated size of the listed installations, not electricity being produced now. Source dates and coverage differ, so newer facilities may be absent and historical records may remain.

How electricity works in Taiwan

Vertically integrated utilityOne utility does everything

Gas and coal supply most power; the last nuclear reactor closed in 2025; offshore wind is growing.

  1. GenerationState utility
  2. TransmissionState utility
  3. DistributionState utility
  4. CustomersGovernment-set tariffs

Who regulates

No separate independent regulator is listed: the government or the utility itself sets tariffs and technical rules.

Who controls the grid

State-owned Taipower runs transmission, distribution and most generation.

Markets & power exchanges

No power exchange: the utility produces or buys electricity and sells it at set tariffs.

Regional grid

Not part of a larger synchronous grid or regional power pool.

What does “Vertically integrated utility” mean?

A single, usually state-owned utility generates, transmits and distributes electricity. Prices are set or approved by the government or a regulator rather than by a market.

References reviewed 2026-09-29. Logos are each organisation’s own site icon, shown to identify it. Selected organisations, not an exhaustive list of licence holders.

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ELECTRICITY IN 2024

How Taiwan generates electricity

Electricity generated288.6 TWh
Renewable share10.9%
Low-carbon share15.1%
Carbon intensity635.2 gCO₂e/kWh

Electricity mix 2024

Annual generation by source · terawatt-hours (TWh)

Hydro4.2 TWh
Wind10.3 TWh
Solar14.9 TWh
Bioenergy2.1 TWh
Other renewablesNo data
Nuclear12.2 TWh
Coal115.6 TWh
Gas125 TWh
Other fossil4.3 TWh

Missing categories are labelled “No data”. Rounding can cause small differences from the reported total.

Source: Ember (2026), processed by Our World in Data · CC BY 4.0 · Snapshot 24 April 2026. Method & download details.

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Geography and data notes

Taiwan is in Eastern Asia. Its coastal or island geography provides a different setting for electricity infrastructure from inland systems. This profile connects country reference information with the historical station inventory and reported electricity generation.

Capital
Taipei
Languages
Chinese
Region
Eastern Asia

Geographic reference: Countries geographic database (ODbL). Boundaries and names are for orientation; language listings are introductory, not exhaustive. Banner map: Natural Earth boundaries (public domain) with this atlas’s station records.

The source inventory contains 39 records for Taiwan. Select a fuel in the map to explore where its stations are located, then open a record to inspect reported capacity and provenance.

Inventory coverage

39 source records. 0 reported operational in their source snapshot; this is not live status.

35 lack an owner/operator; 19 lack a commissioning year.

Coverage, dates & exclusions
THE GENERATION INVENTORY

List of power plants in Taiwan

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Browse 39 source records, ordered by reported capacity. Ownership and operating status describe the source snapshot; they may have changed. Missing information is shown explicitly.

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Kuosheng

Nuclear
2,040 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
IAEA · historical recordDetails & map

Maanshan

Nuclear
1,902 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
IAEA · historical recordDetails & map

Chinshan

Nuclear
1,272 MW
Owner in source
Not reported
Operator in source
Not reported
Commissioned
Not reported
Source status
Operating status unverified
IAEA · historical recordDetails & map

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