金門塔山

Tashan Power Plant, located in Kinmen County, is the principal power plant for Kinmen's island grid. It relies mainly on fuel-oil units, and since Kinmen's grid operates independently without interconnection to Taiwan's main island, it must independently meet the county's electricity demand.

Tashan Power Plant has expanded in stages since 2000: Units 1-4, Wartsila diesel generators, entered service that year; Units 5-8 followed in 2003-2004; and Units 9-10 were upgraded with German MAN diesel engines in 2020. The site also runs two wind turbines connected to the grid since 2010, a rare renewable source within Kinmen's isolated power system.

金門塔山 (Fuel Oil) currently reports a net generation of 0 MW across 1 unit(s), against an installed capacity of 113.3 MW (0% utilization).

Fuel-oil and diesel units can start up quickly but have a high fuel cost, so they mainly serve as peaking or emergency reserve capacity. They typically run few hours per year, coming online more often only when system reserve margins are tight or other units are down for maintenance or repairs.

Fuel oil was an important peaking source before gas infrastructure became widespread. As LNG terminals and gas units have come online, its share has shrunk substantially, and it now mainly serves as system reserve and peak-support capacity.