Minghu Dam#Takuan Power Plant

{{Short description|Dam in Shuili, Nantou County, Taiwan}}

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| name = Minghu Dam

| name_official = Takuan Power Plant

| image = Minghu Dam.jpg

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| location_map = Nantou County

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| coordinates = {{coord|23|51|16|N|120|52|13|E|type:landmark_region:TW|display=inline,title}}

| location = Shuili, Nantou County, Taiwan

| status = O

| construction_began = {{start date and age|1980}}

| opening = {{start date and age|1985|08|01|df=y|br=y}}

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| dam_type = Gravity

| dam_height = {{Convert|57.5|m|abbr=on}}

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| dam_length = {{Convert|169.5|m|abbr=on}}

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| dam_crosses = Shuili River

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| res_capacity_total = {{Convert|9756000|m3|acre.ft|0|abbr=on}}{{Citation needed|date=December 2019|reason=removed citation to predatory publisher content}}

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| plant_turbines = 4 x {{convert|252|MW|abbr=on}} Francis pump-turbines

| plant_capacity = {{convert|1008|MW|abbr=on}}

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The Minghu Dam ({{zh|t=明湖水壩|p=Mínghú Shuǐbà}}, renamed the Takuan Dam,{{cite web |title=Hydropower Good Practices: Environmental Mitigation Measures and Benefits Case Study 05-06: Water Quality – Mingtan Pumped Storage, Taiwan |url=http://www.ieahydro.org/reports/Annex_VIII_CaseStudy0506_Mingtan_Taiwan.pdf |work=IEA Hydropower Implementing Agreement Annex VIII |publisher=IEA Hydro |accessdate=7 May 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320034527/http://www.ieahydro.org/reports/Annex_VIII_CaseStudy0506_Mingtan_Taiwan.pdf |archive-date=20 March 2012 |url-status=dead }} is a concrete gravity dam on the Shuili River located {{Convert|7|km|abbr=on}} north of Shuili Township in Nantou County, Taiwan. The reservoir formed by the dam serves as the lower reservoir for the Minhu Pumped Storage Hydro Power Station. Sun Moon Lake serves as the upper reservoir.

The dam and the power plant was constructed in 1980 and opened on 1 August 1985.{{cite web | url=http://www.energystorageexchange.org/projects/445 | title=Energy Storage Exchange }} Upon completion, it became Taiwan's first pumped-storage hydroelectricity power plant.{{Cite web|url=http://www.temes.com.tw/e_temes/content/feat/feat_02_3.aspx|title=Main Achievements-TAIWAN ELECTRICAL AND MECHANICAL ENGINEERING SERVICES, INC. (TEMES, Inc.)|access-date=2014-08-30|archive-date=2018-11-14|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181114224631/http://www.temes.com.tw/e_temes/content/feat/feat_02_3.aspx|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Power Plant and Hydraulic Projects |url=http://www.rseaec.com.tw/e/eengineere06.html |publisher=RSEA Engineering |accessdate=21 January 2012}}