Siemens Energy is supplying two gas turbines and related components for the Kuo Kuang 2 power plant in Taiwan. With a planned electrical capacity of 1200 MW, the plant should play a key role in meeting the growing energy needs of Taiwan’s booming industrial and technology sector. The plant is expected also to support Taiwan’s energy transition strategy, which includes phasing out coal and nuclear, while significantly expanding renewable and low-carbon energy sources.
Taiwan boasts a robust industrial base in electronics, engineering, and particularly semiconductors. About 60 % of all microchips are produced in Taiwan, and a stable power supply is essential to that industry. With electricity demand expected to rise by 12-13 % by 2030, driven largely by artificial intelligence, Taiwan is expanding clean power generation and upgrading the grid to balance reliability and sustainability. The commissioning of the new power plant will allow for older, CO2-intensive plants to be taken off the grid. Modern natural gas power plants emit up to two-thirds less in greenhouse gases than coal or oil-fired plants.
Kuo Kuang 2 is the next combined cycle power project for Siemens Energy in Taiwan after the recent successful completion of the Sun Ba 2 project, a 1100 MW plant. It is being built together with CTCI Corporation as the consortium partner responsible for the engineering, procurement and construction of the plant. Siemens Energy’s scope of supply consists of a complete power island solution including two SGT6-9000HL gas turbines, one SST6-5000 steam turbine, three SGEN6-2000P generators and the Omnivise T3000 control system.
