The Sihuangziping pilot geothermal energy plant in Jinshan District, New Taipei Metropolis, Taiwan (supply: New Taipei Metropolis Authorities)
The 1-MW Sihuangziping pilot geothermal energy plant in New Taipei Metropolis, Taiwan is about for industrial operations with plans to develop to 4 MW.
Editor’s notice: The Sihuangziping geothermal energy challenge can be referred to in different sources because the Liuhangziping geothermal energy challenge.
Following the proclamation that the 1-MW Sihuangziping pilot geothermal energy plant was set to be operational by October 2023, preparations are actually underway for the ability’s industrial operations. The ability plant is now linked to the electrical energy grid of the Jinshan District in New Taipei Metropolis. The ability plant can generate sufficient electrical energy to produce 1500 four-person households for a 12 months.
There are additionally plans to proceed with the development of a second geothermal energy plant to carry the put in capability in Sihuangziping as much as 40 MW. Development is anticipated to began by the tip of the 12 months.
The Sihuangziping geothermal energy plant will probably be drawing vitality from the warmth of the Datun (Tatun) volcanoes. It’s thought-about the primary geothermal energy plant in Taiwan hosted by a magmatic-volcanic warmth supply. New Taipei Deputy Mayor Liu Ho-jan talked about that the high-temperature geothermal reservoir below the Datun (Tatun) group of volcanoes accounts for 70% of the nation’s shallow geothermal vitality sources.
Ho Yi-ming, head of town authorities’s Financial Growth Division, talked about that geothermal exploration within the Datun Volcano Group had began way back to 1966. Growth of the challenge was postponed within the early years due to points with corrosion led to by the acidic nature of the geothermal fluids within the area.
Fabulous Energy Co. launched the newest world applied sciences to mitigate the results of the acidic fluids, together with dry-steam energy turbines.
In distinction, the 4.2-MW Qingshui geothermal energy plant in Yilan County is hosted by an extensional area sort volcano, whereas the 0.5-MW Jinlun geothermal plant in Taitung County is hosted by an orogenic belt/foreland basin-type volcano. The classification of the varieties of geothermal sources in Taiwan relies on an article revealed by geology professor Tune Sheng-rong from the Nationwide Taiwan College in 2021.
Supply: Focus Taiwan and New Taipei Metropolis Authorities through Twitter
