Mingtan Power Plant (明潭發電廠) is the largest hydroelectric station in Taiwan and the operational hub of the western arm of the modernized Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project. Its pumped-storage units, completed in 1995, use Sun Moon Lake as an upper reservoir and the Mingtan Reservoir on the Shuili River (水里溪) as a lower pool, with a combined capacity of 1,602 MW. Since a 1999 restructuring the plant has also administered several older stations, among them the Sun Moon Lake No. 2 Power Plant, Beishankeng Power Plant, and Zhoushui Hydroelectric Power Station.
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- Wikipedia in Chinese (中文維基百科)
- Liberty Times (自由時報)
- Pixnet: Electricity Fan Club (電力粉絲團)
- Cultural Heritage Map of Taiwan Power Plants (臺灣電廠百年文史地圖)
Themes
- Energy Industry in Taiwan (台灣能源業)
- Sun Moon Lake Hydroelectric Project (日月潭水力電氣工事)
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