Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower) awarded CTCI Corp. an engineering, procurement, construction, and commissioning (EPCC) contract to build an LNG regasification terminal for Taichung power plant. The terminal will be Taipower’s first.
CTCI will carry out detailed design, procurement and supply of materials, construction and installment, precommissioning, commissioning, and 1 year of operation and maintenance service as part of the $647-million EPCC contract. Taipower’s current coal-fired Taichung power plant has 5.5 Gw of capacity.
The Taiwanese government intends to increase gas-fired power generation to 50% of the country’s total by 2025. This liquefaction project will ensure a stable natural gas supply of 720 tons/hr, which Taipower says will meet the demand of gas-fired power generating Units 1 and 2 at Taichung, as well as Units 4, 5, and 6 at Tunghsiao power plant.
Earlier this year CTCI won a $623-million EPCC contract to build China Petroleum Corp.’s (CPC) third LNG receiving terminal at Guantang industrial area, Taoyuan. CPC already operates a terminal in Taichung (OGJ Online, July 17, 2009).