Industrial Technology Research Institute
The Chinese Petroleum Corporation drilled its first geothermal heat well in Yilan County in 1976. It once developed a geothermal power plant in Datong Township in 1981–1993 but it ended in failure. In August 2016, an exploration drilling for geothermal energy began in Sanxing Township, Yilan County developed by China National Petroleum Corporation, National Taiwan University and Industrial Technology Research Institute.