Mingtan Dam | |
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Official name | 明潭壩 |
Location | Shuili, Nantou County, Taiwan |
Coordinates | 23°50′11″N 120°52′04″E / 23.83639°N 120.86778°E |
Construction began | 1987 |
Opening date | 1995 |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Concrete gravity |
Impounds | Shuili River |
Height (foundation) | 61.5 m (202 ft) |
Length | 314 m (1,030 ft) |
Spillway capacity | 2,550 m3/s (90,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Mingtan Reservoir |
Total capacity | 14,000,000 m3 (11,000 acre⋅ft) |
Catchment area | 590.3 km2 (227.9 sq mi) |
Turbines | 6 x 267 MW (358,000 hp) Francis pump-turbines [1] |
Installed capacity | 1,602 MW (2,148,000 hp) |
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]