Taiwan: Power Plant Malfunction Leaves Millions Without Power
14 May 2021
Rolling blackouts left 4 million people in Taiwan without electricity for several hours Thursday after the Singda Power Plant in Kaohsiung City reportedly suffered a grid malfunction.
“At 2:37 pm, a malfunction at an ultra-high-voltage substation in Kaohsiung’s Lujhu District triggered four generators at the Singda plant to go offline, cutting power output by 2.2 million kilowatts and prompting Taipower [the state-run Taiwan Power Company] to initiate rolling blackouts nationwide as it worked on the problem,” the
Taipei Times reported on May 13.
“Rumors that we ran out of power or something went wrong with the Singda plant are false. This is a grid malfunction,” Taipower spokesman Chang Ting-shu told reporters at a press conference in Taipei on Thursday.
Taiwan hit by rolling power outages
GRID PROBLEM: A Taipower spokesman said that the blackouts were not due to usage exceeding supply, nor were they because of a problem at the Singda plant
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter
There were rolling blackouts across Taiwan yesterday due to a grid malfunction at the Singda Power Plant (興達電廠) in Kaohsiung’s Yongan District (永安), while Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said that it was working “as hard as possible to resolve the issue as soon as possible.”
At 2:37pm, a malfunction at an ultra-high-voltage substation in Kaohsiung’s Lujhu District (路竹) triggered four generators at the Singda plant to go offline, cutting power output by 2.2 million kilowatts and prompting Taipower to initiate rolling blackouts nationwide as it worked on the problem.
Parts of Taiwan Go Dark After Plant Failure Triggers Outage
May 13 2021, 8:54 PM
May 13 2021, 2:35 PM
May 13 2021, 8:54 PM
(Bloomberg) Major cities across Taiwan, home to some of the worldâs biggest chip industry players, were hit by a widespread power outage Thursday after a power station in the southern city of Kaohsiung suddenly went offline.
(Bloomberg) Major cities across Taiwan, home to some of the worldâs biggest chip industry players, were hit by a widespread power outage Thursday after a power station in the southern city of Kaohsiung suddenly went offline.
The outage hit parts of Taipei and Kaohsiung as well as Tainan, home to a science park housing facilities of companies such as Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. and Innolux Corp., according to the Taipei-based Apple Daily newspaper. Taipower, the nationâs major provider of electricity, said power supply returned to normal at 8:00 p.m. local time.
Taiwan shares keep falling amid COVID-19 panic
05/13/2021 06:17 PM
CNA photo May 13, 2021
Taipei, May 13 (CNA) Taiwan s stock market continued a downward trend Thursday, finishing the session 1.46 percent lower amid escalating fears over a spike in domestic COVID-19 cases, but remained above the six-month moving average of 15,588 points.
The Taiwan Stock Exchange weighted index, or Taiex, ended down 232.27 points, or 1.46 percent, at 15,670.10 after moving between 15,368.54 and 16,031.93. Turnover totaled NT$568.28 billion (US$20.32 billion).
Shares continued their downward trend from the previous day, when the weighted index ended down 680.76 points, or 4.11 percent, at 15,902.37, after tumbling by more than 1,000 points in early trading amid the spike in the number of domestically transmitted COVID-19 cases.