To meet the demand of the ever-increasing peak load in Taiwan and to fully utilize off-peak power, the Taiwan Power Company (Taipower) had entrusted European consultants to undertake feasibility study since 1973. The study showed the feasibility of constructing Mingtan Dam to meet such peak load demand, to avoid expanding current fossil-fuel power plants in Taiwan and to have lower operational cost. The dam was completed in 1994 and opened a year later.[3] During the 7.7-magnitude 1999 Jiji earthquake, Mingtan was one of eight dams that sustained damage, but did not collapse.[4]
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The Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant is the largest hydroelectric power plant in Taiwan.[2] It uses Sun Moon Lake as the upper reservoir and Shuili River reservoir as lower reservoir. During high power demand, water used for power generation from Sun Moon Lake, as well as Shuili River, fills Mingtan Reservoir. During low demand, the water is pumped back upstream to the lake. This system can generate up to 1,602 megawatts (2,148,000 hp) at peak production.[5]
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mingtan, chinese, 明潭壩, pinyin, míngtán, that, spans, shuili, river, about, downstream, from, outlet, moon, lake, central, taiwan, with, height, about, forms, mingtan, reservoir, which, lower, reservoir, mingtan, pumped, storage, hydro, power, plant, location, . The Mingtan Dam Chinese 明潭壩 pinyin Mingtan Ba 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 Mingtan DamLocation of Mingtan Dam in Nantou CountyOfficial name明潭壩LocationShuili Nantou County TaiwanCoordinates23 50 11 N 120 52 04 E 23 83639 N 120 86778 E 23 83639 120 86778Construction began1987 37 years ago 1987 Opening date1995 29 years ago 1995 Dam and spillwaysType of damConcrete gravityImpoundsShuili RiverHeight foundation 61 5 m 202 ft Length314 m 1 030 ft Spillway capacity2 550 m3 s 90 000 cu ft s ReservoirCreatesMingtan ReservoirTotal 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 Contents 1 History 2 Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant 3 Transportation 4 See also 5 ReferencesHistory editTo meet the demand of the ever increasing peak load in Taiwan and to fully utilize off peak power the Taiwan Power Company Taipower had entrusted European consultants to undertake feasibility study since 1973 The study showed the feasibility of constructing Mingtan Dam to meet such peak load demand to avoid expanding current fossil fuel power plants in Taiwan and to have lower operational cost The dam was completed in 1994 and opened a year later 3 During the 7 7 magnitude 1999 Jiji earthquake Mingtan was one of eight dams that sustained damage but did not collapse 4 Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant editThe Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant is the largest hydroelectric power plant in Taiwan 2 It uses Sun Moon Lake as the upper reservoir and Shuili River reservoir as lower reservoir During high power demand water used for power generation from Sun Moon Lake as well as Shuili River fills Mingtan Reservoir During low demand the water is pumped back upstream to the lake This system can generate up to 1 602 megawatts 2 148 000 hp at peak production 5 Transportation editThe dam is accessible within walking distance North from Checheng Station of the Taiwan Railways Jiji Line See also edit nbsp Taiwan portal nbsp Water portal nbsp Renewable energy portal Minghu Dam located upstream with another pumped storage power plant List of dams and reservoirs in Taiwan List of power stations in Taiwan List of pumped storage hydroelectric power stations Electricity sector in TaiwanReferences edit Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Plants Asia Pacific IndustCards Archived from the original on 8 December 2012 Retrieved 21 January 2012 a b Foster Peter Campbell Grant March 2000 Nzsold Reconnaissance Report Taiwan Dams PDF Retrieved 2009 11 28 Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2012 03 20 Retrieved 2014 08 30 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Charlwood R G Little T E Lou J K April 2000 A review of the performance of two large substations and eight large dams during the Chi Chi Taiwan earthquake PDF Institute for Catastrophic Loss Reduction Retrieved 2009 11 28 Minghu and Mingtan Reservoirs PDF Taiwan Council for Public Affairs Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 24 Retrieved 2009 11 28 nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Mingtan Dam nbsp This article about a dam or floodgate in Taiwan is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Mingtan Dam amp oldid 1168618382 Mingtan Pumped Storage Hydro Power Plant, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
