Operations & repairs
Supervised routine O&M and emergency grid repairs for 161 kV autotransformers and circuit breakers.
PROJECT 06 / TAIWAN / HIGH-VOLTAGE OPERATIONS
Mailiao Power Plant
Practical experience with high-voltage asset maintenance, emergency repairs and transformer engineering in an operating industrial environment.
1.8 GWOriginal three-unit plant capacity
161 / 33 kVFounder’s technical scope
Formosa Plastics GroupEmployer during involvement
PUBLIC PROJECT CONTEXT
Project overview
Mai-Liao Power Corporation was established in 1996 by companies within the Formosa group. Its original independent power project comprised three 600 MW generating units, commissioned between 1999 and 2000, at the Mailiao industrial park in Yunlin County. This profile focuses on the founder’s 2020–2021 high-voltage operations and maintenance experience.
- Location
- Mailiao, Yunlin County, Taiwan
- Original configuration
- 3 × 600 MW
- Experience period
- June 2020 – August 2021
- Founder’s focus
- HV assets, protection and transformers
1.8 GW describes the original three-unit project relevant to this experience. It is not a statement of the plant’s current operating capacity or the capacity of the wider industrial complex.
PERSONAL PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Founder’s contribution
Electrical O&M engineer · 2020–2021Formosa Plastics Group
Protection & transformers
Programmed Siemens protection relay parameters and managed engineering rebuild work for 161 kV / 33 kV transformers.
Condition monitoring
Developed and deployed thermal-imaging analytics to identify early signs of CT / VT component failures.
Personal scope is based on the founder’s supplied CV. Public project sources provide background and do not independently verify individual responsibilities.
ENGINEERING PERSPECTIVE
What this experience brings
Operating substations provide a direct view of maintainability, protection behaviour and equipment failure modes. That field experience informs how equipment and test requirements can be reviewed during new project delivery.
REFERENCES
Sources & notes
- Mai-Liao Power Corporation ↗Company history and original project configuration
- Mai-Liao Power Corporation ↗Three 600 MW units · company history in Chinese
Public sources reviewed 12 October 2026. Project figures and milestones are attributed to the linked publications; announced dates may change. Project names identify professional experience and do not imply endorsement or a commercial relationship with GridWave.
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