Strengthening Power Grid Resilience
To support the 2050 net-zero target and navigate renewable integration and climate risks, Taipower is executing a NT$564.5 billion Grid Resilience Enhancement Program. Structured around three major pillars and ten focus areas, the program reduces grid concentration and boosts reliability through grid decentralization, infrastructure reinforcement, and enhanced system defense. Execution continues to advance across eight sub-projects approved by the Executive Yuan under Phase I in September 2023.
Increase Adaptive Capabilities
To enhance its adaptive capacity, Taipower is establishing effective emergency event policies and guidelines by strengthening disaster response and recovery capabilities, reinforcing substation facilities, and optimizing lightning detection and scientific lightning protection strategies, all while strictly ensuring nuclear safety. These measures not only boost the system’s immediate response and rapid recovery capabilities against natural disasters and unforeseen events but also minimize the impact of disasters on grid operations, thereby ensuring stable power supply and public safety, and enhancing the overall resilience and reliability of the power system.
Ensuring Nuclear Power Safety
Taipower implements the concept of Defense-in-Depth through four lines of defense to ensure nuclear safety in the face of natural and man-made hazards:
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Prevention
- Design protective mechanisms against natural disasters such as earthquakes, floods, strong winds, and external fires.
- Assess the potential impacts of compound disasters (e.g., earthquakes triggering fires or floods).
02
Mitigation
- Install protective systems and equipment to reduce the impact of accidents and enable rapid responses.
03
Emergency Preparedness
- Ensure sufficient protective measures are in place to safeguard the public in the event of radioactive release.
- Take appropriate actions to minimize radiation exposure.
04
Strategy
- Establish response guidelines for extreme events.
- Strengthen operational procedures and emergency capabilities based on lessons learned from the Fukushima incident.
- Follow emergency operating procedures (EOPs) and severe accident management guidelines (SAMGs) to ensure robust response mechanisms.
