Kukuan Dam
Appearance
Kukuan Dam | |
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Official name | 谷關水庫 |
Location | Heping, Taichung, Taiwan |
Coordinates | 24°14′00.91″N 121°04′34.09″E / 24.2335861°N 121.0761361°E |
Purpose | Power |
Construction began | 1957 |
Opening date | 1961 |
Dam and spillways | |
Impounds | Dajia River |
Length | 149 meters |
Reservoir | |
Total capacity | 13,200,000 m3 |
Type | Conventional |
Turbines | 4 X 45 MW |
Installed capacity | 180 MW |
Annual generation | 507 GWh |
Kukuan Dam (traditional Chinese: 谷關水庫; simplified Chinese: 谷关水库; pinyin: Gǔguān Shuǐkù) is a concrete thin arch dam on the Dajia River in Heping District, Taichung, Taiwan. The dam serves for hydroelectric power generation and flood control, and is the third in a cascade of hydroelectric dams on the Dajia River, being located below the Techi and Qingshan dams and upstream from the Tienlun Dam. The dam supplies water to a power station consisting of four 45 megawatt (MW) turbines for a total capacity of 180 MW, generating 507 million kilowatt hours per year.[1]
The dam was built between 1957 and 1961 and stands 85.1 m (279 ft) high and 149 m (489 ft) long, holding up to 13,200,000 m3 (10,700 acre⋅ft) of water.[2]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "大甲溪" (PDF) (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency. 2009-01-22. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-08-15. Retrieved 2013-06-25.
- ^ Reservoirs and Weirs in Taiwan (in Chinese). Taiwan Water Resources Agency, Ministry of Public Affairs. p. 327.
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