Mingtan Dam

Mingtan Dam
Mingtan Dam is located in Nantou County
Mingtan Dam
Location of Mingtan Dam in Nantou County
Official name明潭壩
LocationShuili, Nantou County, Taiwan
Coordinates23°50′11″N 120°52′04″E / 23.83639°N 120.86778°E / 23.83639; 120.86778
Construction began1987; 37 years ago (1987)
Opening date1995; 29 years ago (1995)
Dam and spillways
Type of damConcrete gravity
ImpoundsShuili River
Height (foundation)61.5 m (202 ft)
Length314 m (1,030 ft)
Spillway capacity2,550 m3/s (90,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesMingtan Reservoir
Total capacity14,000,000 m3 (11,000 acre⋅ft)
Catchment area590.3 km2 (227.9 sq mi)
Turbines6 x 267 MW (358,000 hp) Francis pump-turbines [1]
Installed capacity1,602 MW (2,148,000 hp)
Mingtan Reservoir

The Mingtan Dam (Chinese: 明潭壩; pinyin: Míngtán Bà) is a dam that spans the Shuili River about 4 km (2.5 mi) downstream from the outlet of Sun Moon Lake in central Taiwan with a height of about 61.5 m (202 ft). It forms Mingtan Reservoir which is the lower reservoir for the Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant.[2]

  1. ^ "Pumped-Storage Hydroelectric Plants - Asia-Pacific". IndustCards. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved 21 January 2012.
  2. ^ Foster, Peter; Campbell, Grant (March 2000). "Nzsold Reconnaissance Report-Taiwan Dams" (PDF). Retrieved 2009-11-28.