Guantang LNG Terminal
Upcoming LNG terminal in Guanyin, Taoyuan City, Taiwan
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The Guantang LNG Terminal (traditional Chinese: 觀塘液化天然氣接收站; simplified Chinese: 观塘液化天然气接收站; pinyin: Guāntáng Yèhuà Tiānránqì Jiēshōu Zhàn) is a liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminal under construction in Datan Borough, Guanyin District, Taoyuan City, Taiwan.
| Guantang LNG Terminal | |
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觀塘液化天然氣接收站 | |
The planned location of Guantang LNG Terminal | |
 Interactive map of the Guantang LNG Terminal area | |
| General information | |
| Status | Under construction |
| Type | LNG terminal |
| Location | Guanyin, Taoyuan City, Taiwan |
| Coordinates | 25°02′50.5″N 121°03′00.9″E |
| Cost | NT$75 billion |
| Owner | CPC Corporation |
| Technical details | |
| Grounds | 9 km2 |
History
The terminal design was originally drafted in 2015. In 2018, the government considered relocating the terminal but rejected this idea because the new proposed site was reserved for a planned offshore wind farm.[1] On 8 October 2018, the terminal project passed its environmental impact assessment.[2] The construction of the terminal is expected to be completed by 2025.[3]
Architecture
The terminal will span an area of 9 km2.[4] The original location of the terminal was proposed to be 455 meters from the coastline. However, due to pressure from environmental activists over to the existence of a sensitive coral reef in the nearby area, the terminal was redesigned to be 750 meters further away, with a total distance of around 1.2 km out to the sea from the shoreline. The relocation design was expected to add NT$15 billion to the cost of the project, for an estimated total cost of NT$75 billion.[3]
