南部CC

The Southern Power Plant (Nanbu CC) is a newly built combined-cycle gas plant in the Xiaogang area of Kaohsiung, near Dalin Power Plant. It is part of Taipower's effort to add gas-fired capacity to the southern grid as older units are retired.

South Power Station originally ran coal and oil-fired units before being progressively rebuilt into four natural-gas combined-cycle units from 1990 onward, reaching 1,117.8MW of installed capacity. It is Taiwan's only thermal plant located within a dense urban area and supplies roughly a quarter of Kaohsiung's electricity; an emission-control upgrade completed in 2019 sharply cut nitrogen oxide output.

南部CC (Natural Gas) currently reports a net generation of 1,136.8 MW across 4 unit(s), against an installed capacity of 1,117.8 MW (101.7% utilization).

Most gas units are combined-cycle (CC) plants that can start up and ramp output quickly, making them well suited to balancing intermittent wind and solar output. Taiwan's gas supply relies almost entirely on imported LNG with limited on-site storage days, so grid stability depends heavily on receiving-terminal capacity and shipping schedules.

Since the 2016 energy transition policy began, natural gas has been positioned as the bridge fuel replacing retiring nuclear and coal capacity, and it is now Taiwan's single largest source of generation. Flagship plants include Datan, Tongxiao, and Xingda. The pace of new LNG receiving-terminal construction (such as the "Third Terminal") is the key bottleneck for further expanding gas-fired capacity.