TAIPEI PROJECT
Problems
For the last couple of decades Taiwan has been hit by several typhoons and heavy rainfall in a short amount of time. Thereby landslides from up in the mountains will occur and destroy everything on it’s path down to the rivers. All this material will flow in the river, leaving the rivers with a large supply of sediment combined with the extra waterflow from the rain. This leads in overflowing banks, peak water level and flow rate at the lowest point in Taipei. Furthermore, over the rest of the year it barely rains in Taiwan, which leads to drought and water shortage. Also, because of the sediment the drink water basins will be too turbid for clean water supply.
2400 mm
rainfall per year
75
Dam's located in Taiwan
current dams
Shihmen Dam
The Shihmen has been completed in 1964 and has a height of 133 m. It has a storage capacity of 309.120.000 m^3. And the power station has an installed capacity of 90 MW
Feicui Dam
The Feicui Dam is a double curvature concrete forming the Feicui Reservoir. Public access is heavily restricted in order to protect water quality, which is among the highest of Taiwan's reservoirs.
Techi Dam
The building is 180 meter high, completed in 1974. The dam has a total capacity of 175.000.000 m^3 and there is an installed capacity of 234 MW.
150m
3492MWh
85.000.000 m3
400m
Dam's hight
potential annual energy yield
fresh water storage
Dam'sWidth