Paloona Dam | |
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Location of the Paloona Dam in
Tasmania | |
Country | Australia |
Location | Northern Tasmania |
Coordinates | 41°16′48″S 146°14′24″E / 41.28000°S 146.24000°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1971 |
Owner(s) | Hydro Tasmania |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Forth River |
Height | 43 metres (141 ft) |
Length | 171 metres (561 ft) |
Dam volume | 155 thousand cubic metres (5.5×10 6 cu ft) |
Spillways | 1 |
Spillway type | Uncontrolled side channel |
Spillway capacity | 2,040 cubic metres per second (72,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Paloona |
Total capacity | 19,110 megalitres (675×10 6 cu ft) |
Catchment area | 759 square kilometres (293 sq mi) |
Surface area | 17.8 hectares (44 acres) |
Paloona Power Station | |
Coordinates | 41°16′59″S 146°14′56″E / 41.28306°S 146.24889°E |
Operator(s) | Hydro Tasmania |
Commission date | 1972 |
Type | Conventional |
Hydraulic head | 31 metres (102 ft) |
Turbines | 1 x 30 MW (40,000 hp) Andritz Kaplan turbine |
Installed capacity | 30 megawatts (40,000 hp) |
Capacity factor | 0.8 |
Annual generation | 151 gigawatt-hours (540 TJ) |
Website hydro | |
[1] |
The Paloona Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in northern Tasmania, Australia.
Part of the Mersey– Forth scheme that comprises seven hydroelectric power stations, the Paloona Power Station is the final station in the scheme. The power station is located immediately below the rock-filled concrete faced Paloona Dam which forms Lake Paloona. Water from the lake is fed to the power station by a short single penstock under the dam. [2]
The power station was commissioned in 1972 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) with a Fuji Kaplan turbine, with a generating capacity of 30 megawatts (40,000 hp) of electricity. [3]
In 2014 the turbine was upgraded to a more efficient Andritz Kaplan turbine, which also has a generating capacity of 30 megawatts (40,000 hp) of electricity. [4]
The station output, estimated to be 151 gigawatt-hours (540 TJ) annually, [1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 k V/110 kV Siemens generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard. [5]
Paloona Dam | |
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Location of the Paloona Dam in
Tasmania | |
Country | Australia |
Location | Northern Tasmania |
Coordinates | 41°16′48″S 146°14′24″E / 41.28000°S 146.24000°E |
Purpose | Power |
Status | Operational |
Opening date | 1971 |
Owner(s) | Hydro Tasmania |
Dam and spillways | |
Type of dam | Embankment dam |
Impounds | Forth River |
Height | 43 metres (141 ft) |
Length | 171 metres (561 ft) |
Dam volume | 155 thousand cubic metres (5.5×10 6 cu ft) |
Spillways | 1 |
Spillway type | Uncontrolled side channel |
Spillway capacity | 2,040 cubic metres per second (72,000 cu ft/s) |
Reservoir | |
Creates | Lake Paloona |
Total capacity | 19,110 megalitres (675×10 6 cu ft) |
Catchment area | 759 square kilometres (293 sq mi) |
Surface area | 17.8 hectares (44 acres) |
Paloona Power Station | |
Coordinates | 41°16′59″S 146°14′56″E / 41.28306°S 146.24889°E |
Operator(s) | Hydro Tasmania |
Commission date | 1972 |
Type | Conventional |
Hydraulic head | 31 metres (102 ft) |
Turbines | 1 x 30 MW (40,000 hp) Andritz Kaplan turbine |
Installed capacity | 30 megawatts (40,000 hp) |
Capacity factor | 0.8 |
Annual generation | 151 gigawatt-hours (540 TJ) |
Website hydro | |
[1] |
The Paloona Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in northern Tasmania, Australia.
Part of the Mersey– Forth scheme that comprises seven hydroelectric power stations, the Paloona Power Station is the final station in the scheme. The power station is located immediately below the rock-filled concrete faced Paloona Dam which forms Lake Paloona. Water from the lake is fed to the power station by a short single penstock under the dam. [2]
The power station was commissioned in 1972 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) with a Fuji Kaplan turbine, with a generating capacity of 30 megawatts (40,000 hp) of electricity. [3]
In 2014 the turbine was upgraded to a more efficient Andritz Kaplan turbine, which also has a generating capacity of 30 megawatts (40,000 hp) of electricity. [4]
The station output, estimated to be 151 gigawatt-hours (540 TJ) annually, [1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 k V/110 kV Siemens generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard. [5]