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Fig. 3.4 Largest thermal power plant in the world—5780-MW el Taichung coal-fired power
plant (Taiwan). The plant equipped with 550MW el 10 coal-fired steam generators-turbines
+70MW el 4 gas-fired steam generators-turbines, and is the world’s largest emitter of carbon
dioxide with over 40 million tonnes per year [1,8].
Photo taken from Wikimedia Commons, author/username 照 片 阿爾特 斯.

Fig. 3.5 Aerial view of the largest NPP in the world—6384-MW el Bruce NPP. (The Douglas
Point NPP was Canada’s first full-scale NPP and the second CANDU reactor. Its success
was a major milestone for Canada to enter into the global nuclear power scene. Construction
began on February 1, 1960 and the decommission date: May 4, 1984.)
Courtesy of Bruce NPP: www.brucepower.com.