Plum rain keeps further water restrictions at bay
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporter
Last weekend’s plum rain came just in time to stave off further water restrictions, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
Hsinchu County was about to enter a “red alert” today if the precipitation over the past few days had not exceeded the 100mm mark, while Miaoli County, Taichung and northern Changhua County, still under the alert, would have faced even tighter restrictions.
For areas under a red alert, weekly water supplies to households and businesses are on for five days and off for two.
Recreational boats are moored on Shihmen Reservoir in Taoyuan yesterday. The rainfall over the past few days is expected to bring 23 million tonnes of water to the reservoir, which could fulfill another 18 days of water demand in Taoyuan, the Northern Region Water Resources Office said yesterday.
By Angelica Oung / Staff reporterLast weekend’s plum rain came just in time to stave off further water restrictions, the Ministry of Economic Affairs said yesterday.
Amid a row over COVID-19 vaccine supply, Taiwan could have come under even greater pressure had it not been for statements by the US and Japan on Friday.
The arrival of 150,000 Moderna COVID-19 vaccine doses quenched what could have tipped the scale of public opinion against the US, after American Institute in Taiwan Director Brent Christensen’s controversial remarks on vaccine sharing on Wednesday.
Although the Moderna doses are just the first batch of 5.05 million doses ordered months ago, rather than additional doses shared by Washington amid an outbreak of the virus in Taiwan, their arrival shows that the US supplier
‘Yellow’ alert issued after generator breaks
TIGHT SUPPLY: Taipower said the maximum power supply was 39,838 megawatts (MW), but the reserve margin during peak consumption fell to 2,838MW
Staff writer, with CNA
The power supply system yesterday flashed a “yellow” alert after a coal-fired generator in Taichung broke down earlier in the day, state-run utility Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said.
At noon, power consumption nationwide reached 36,604 megawatts (MW), or 91 percent of capacity, triggering the “yellow” alert, signaling an operating reserve margin of 6 to 10 percent of total supply, Taipower said.
The maximum power supply yesterday was 39,838MW and, during periods of peak consumption, the operating reserve margin was expected to fall to 7.67 percent of total supply, or 2,838MW, it said.
Taipei, May 23 (CNA) Taiwan's power supply is projected to be tight for the next five weekdays as electricity consumption is expected to increase due mainly to stronger demand and ongoing annual generator overhauls at four power plants, according to state-own Taiwan Power Co. (Taipower).