The TPS is a synchrotron light source project launched in 2007 as part of the National Synchrotron Radiation Research Center.
The TPS is a 3-GeV third-generation synchrotron light source, built at a cost of approximately NT$7 billion (US$224 million). After a seven-year plan was launched in 2007, it delivered first light on December 31, 2014. It houses the Taiwan Light Source (TLS) and Taiwan Photon Source (TPS). 
