By Lisa Wang / Staff reporter
The power generated by solar power plants hit a record 5.5 gigawatts on Monday noon, about twice the power generated by nuclear power plants during the same period, Taiwan Power Co (Taipower, 台電) said. Moreover, the solar power generated on Monday surpassed the total installed capacity of the nation’s major coal-fired power plants, including Datan Power Plant (大潭電廠) in Taoyuan, Kaohsiung’s Hsinta Power Plant (興達電廠) and Taichung Power Plant, Taipower said in a statement on Monday. Solar energy supplied about 15 percent of total power consumption on Monday noon, the state-owned utility said.
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