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2020/12
Taiwan ECOVE SEC, a CTCI Company, Launches Taoyuan Metro’s Qingpu Depot Photovoltaic Plant, the Largest Solar Power Plant for Public Housing in Taoyuan City
CTCI Group is pleased to announce on December 14, 2020 that a photovoltaic (PV) plant at Taoyuan Metro Corporation (Taoyuan Metro)’s Qingpu Depot, invested and constructed by ECOVE Solar Energy Corporation (ECOVE SEC), has begun commercial operations. ECOVE SEC is a company under CTCI’s Resource Cycling Business .
A senior management of ECOVE SEC said: “The PV plants at Taoyuan Metro’s Luzhu Depot and Qingpu Depot, which we invested and built, have been completed and put into operation. With a total installed capacity of 5.5MW, these plants will satisfy power demand of up to 1,600 households yearly. In addition to turning Taoyuan Metro into a metro system with the largest contribution to green power in the country, we have also built the largest PV plant for public housing with the largest capacity in Taoyuan City and successfully assisted Taoyuan City Government in building a low-carbon green city.”
An opening ceremony was held on December 14, 2020 and was attended by Taoyuan City Department of Economic Development Director-General Eason Kuo, Taoyuan City Green Energy Promotion Office Director Mao-Shan Lin, Taoyuan Metro Chairman Kun-Yi Liu and President Her-Chang Pu, and ECOVE SEC President Joy Chao.
Taoyuan City Government has been actively promoting the Green Energy Roofs Project in recent years. In response to the city government’s policy, Taoyuan Metro has installed PV panels on the rooftop of two of its depots—Luzhu Depot and Qingpu Depot, and ECOVE SEC has been commissioned with the overall planning, investment, construction, and operation of these plants.
In both projects, approximately 17,500 PV panels capable of generating approximately 5.82 GWh of electricity each year were installed, which will not only increase the amount of electricity for use and revenue from electricity sales, but will also help reduce indoor temperature and save energy effectively. Both plants can help cut up to 3,079 metric tons in carbon emissions per year, or equivalent to the carbon uptake of 11.7 Daan Parks, thereby effectively assisting Taoyuan City in achieving its energy-saving and carbon reduction targets.
ECOVE SEC has a wealth of experience in investing, developing, constructing, and operating PV systems in Taiwan and the US. The company is committed to promoting renewable energy, aggressively adding values to idle spaces through the construction of PV facilities. In particular, ECOVE SEC has accumulated abundant experience and performance in PV installations for the rail sector, with total installed capacity taking the top spot in Taiwan.
At present, ECOVE SEC has completed over 70 PV plants, with total installed capacity expected to exceed 100MW by the end of the year, which will then generate a cumulative total of 260 GWh of electricity and reduce up to 142 thousand metric tons in carbon emissions.
Apart from the projects above, cooperation projects between ECOVE SEC and other companies, such as Kaohsiung Rapid Transit Corporation, Taiwan High Speed Rail Corporation, Taiwan International Ports Corporation, and Taiwan Tobacco & Liquor Corporation, are still on-going. ECOVE SEC pledges to support the government’s renewable energy plans with concrete actions, with a view to achieving sustainable energy development policy goals.
Opening ceremony at Qingpu Depot PV system in Taoyuan City. Left to right: Taoyuan City Government Green Energy Promotion Office Director Mao-Shan Lin, ECOVE SEC President Joy Chao, Taoyuan Metro Chairman Kun-Yi Liu, Taoyuan City Department of Economic Development Director-General Eason Kuo, and Taoyuan Metro President Her-Chang Pu.
ECOVE SEC has successfully completed the Taoyuan Metro Qingpu Depot PV system.
