History ＼ After Taipower Company

1945 - 1953 After Retrocession from Japan: A Focus on Hydro Power
In May 1946, "Taiwan Power Company” was established. At that time, the power generation equipment was dominated by "hydraulic power." Sun Yun-Suan who had been 31st Premier of Taiwan led the company to take over the all facilities which Japanese left and repair all the electricity in Taiwan.

1954 - 1965 Expansion Period: Hydro and Thermal Power
In the 1950s, the country began to develop industry, and the amount of thermal power generation was gradually greater than that of hydraulic power, which brought the power system into a period of "Hydro and Thermal Power".

Building Te-Chi Dam in 1970s
(Source: Taiwan Power Cultural Heritage exhibition)
　

1966 - 1974 Developmental Period: Thermal First, Hydro Second
After the mid-1960s, Taiwan's industry developed rapidly and the electricity consumption increased. Taiwan Power Company successively developed large-capacity and high-efficiency thermal power plants, and the power system entered the stage of “Thermal First, Hydro Second”.

1975 - 1985 Diversification of Sources: Introducing of the Nuclear Power
In the 1970s, two energy crises occurred. The government adopted a multiple power generation policy and listed nuclear power plants as one of the top ten constructions. Nuclear plant 1, plant 2, and plant 3 have joined the ranks of power generation. At the same time, there were also high-efficiency thermal power plants, and pumping water-powered generator plants, entering a period of energy diversification.

Nuclear Power Plant 2 and the outlet

1986 - 1993 Period of Balanced Power Supply and Demand: Demand Based Management
Taiwan's power reserve capacity is gradually insufficient. In addition to the construction of large-scale thermal power plants and the development of water resources, Taipower has implemented measures such as time price and electricity conservation, to achieve a balance of power supply and demand.

1994 -2000 Market Reform: IPP (Independent Power Producer) appear
The global electricity industry has moved toward liberalization since 1990, so the government has followed this trend and accepted independent power producers.

2000 - 2010 Smart Grid
The control center could remote the power equipment, and even the equipment on the distribution line by the power grid combined with artificial intelligence (AI). It could detect, find out, and isolate the fault automatically, even repower other fault-free range when the distribution line would fail. We called it “Smart Grid”.

Smart Grids model in the Taipower Building

2010 - Present Smart City
In order to protect the earth, the policy promotes energy conservation and carbon reduction and develop renewable energy such as wind and solar energy to reduce using fossil fuels. Smart City is an ideal final goal which means a city could be divided into many areas and build up their own micro-grid to generate power by themselves.