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Since taking office as Mayor of Taichung, Lu Xiuyan has continued to promote the decommissioning of Taichung Power Plant's coal-fired units and switching to natural gas power generation to improve the air quality in the central region. This demolition operation is the concrete result of her eight-year policy.
Lu Xiuyan affirmed that Zhonghuo will remove coal as promised, completing the first "coal removal in a competitive manner" in Taiwan's history. (Photo by reporter Su Mengjuan)
Coal-fired units 1 and 2 of Taiwan Taichung Power Plant have officially entered history. Taipower will begin dismantling the coal-fired units today. Taichung Mayor Lu Xiuyan believes that this is an important day in the history of Taiwan's power generation. It has completed the first "gas increase and coal removal" in Taiwan's history. She stressed that she Our commitment to improving air pollution and protecting people's health has never wavered. We were able to successfully increase gas and remove coal today. We thank the citizens and the central counties and cities for their concerted cooperation. "With our persistence, we won." We are also grateful to China Fire for complying with the agreement. We hope that the demolition will be faster.
The coal-fired units No. 1 and 2 of Zhonghuo, which have been operating for more than 30 hours and generating electricity, are scheduled to be decommissioned and dismantled starting today. Lu Xiuyan pointed out that she would like to thank all the citizens and several counties and governments in central China for their support. This completes a day in the history of Taichung City, and it is also a day in the history of central China. , is a day in the history of Taiwan's power generation. Starting today, the two coal-fired units of China Fire will stop generating electricity and undergo a process of dismantling. The process is "coal removal and decommissioning", not reserve service or decommissioning. It has completed the first "gas increase and coal removal" in Taiwan's history.
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Lu Xiuyan said that she kept her word. In the past eight years, she insisted on increasing gas and coal removal from medium-fired power plants to improve air pollution and protect the health of people in the central region. At one point, she said that they should not be decommissioned but should be decommissioned and kept for backup. However, they disagreed and required that the emissions and pollution of medium-fired power plants should be reduced.
Lu Xiuyan also said that today we must affirm that Zhonghuo will keep its word. The eight-year negotiation and insistence process requires us to see the demolition permit license before we will issue the gas license and many other negotiations. Everyone has their own insistence on the part. Today Zhonghuo complied with the agreement and still has to express its affirmation. Next, we hope that the demolition will be faster and the demolition process will be faster.
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The dismantling of coal-fired units 1 and 2 of Taichung Power Plant will be completed in the next few months.
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