嘉惠

Jiahui is a gas-fired unit operated by an independent power producer (IPP) that sells wholesale power to Taipower's grid, reflecting private-sector participation in Taiwan's generation market.

Chiahui Power Plant was originally founded by the Sanfu Group with US partner Destec Energy before Far Eastern Group's Asia Cement took over in 1999 and built the plant in Minxiong, Chiayi County. Its second phase, completed in 2020, added GE 7HA.02 gas turbines paired with steam turbines in a combined-cycle configuration, bringing combined capacity to 1,210MW, currently Taiwan's largest privately owned gas-fired power plant.

嘉惠 (IPP Gas) currently reports a net generation of 549.1 MW across 2 unit(s), against an installed capacity of 1,210 MW (45.4% utilization).

Independent Power Producers (IPPs) sell electricity to Taipower under long-term power purchase agreements. Their gas units share the same combined-cycle technology as Taipower's own gas plants and offer similarly high dispatch flexibility.

Taiwan opened power generation to private investment in the 1990s, and independent power producers have since supplemented Taipower's own generation fleet. Gas-fired IPPs form one of the larger groups within this sector, together with Taipower's own gas plants making up the bulk of the island's gas-fired generation.