| Kukuan Dam | |
| Name Official: | 谷關水庫 |
| Location Map: | Taichung |
| Location Map Size: | 220px |
| Coordinates: | 24.2336°N 121.0761°W |
| Location: | Heping, Taichung, Taiwan |
| Purpose: | P |
| Dam Crosses: | Dajia River |
| Dam Length: | 149 meters |
| Res Capacity Total: | 13,200,000 m3 |
| Plant Type: | C |
| Plant Turbines: | 4 X 45 MW |
| Plant Capacity: | 180 MW |
| Plant Annual Gen: | 507 GWh |
Kukuan Dam 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 85.1m (279.2feet) high and 149m (489feet) long, holding up to 13200000m2 of water.[2]