Tungatinah Power Station
| Lake Binney Dam | ||
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Annual generation 579 gigawatt-hours (2,080 TJ) | | |
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The Tungatinah Power Station is a
Technical details
Part of the Derwent scheme that comprises eleven hydroelectric power stations, the Tungatinah Power Station is the second station in the scheme, adjacent to the Nive River. The power station is located aboveground adjacent to the Nive River. The headworks are quite complex with several dams (including the Bronte Lagoon formed by Bronte Dam, Bradys Lake formed by Bradys Dam, Lake Binney and the Tungatinah Lagoon), a tunnel, canals, pipelines, flumes their associated control gates and a pump station. Water is diverted from the Tungatinah Lagoon by a short tunnel with surge shaft and then descends 290 metres (950 ft) through five steel penstocks to the power station.[2][3]
The power station was commissioned between 1953 and 1956 by the
After passing through the five turbines, water is discharged into the Nive River where it combines with the water from the Tarraleah Power Station to supply the six Lower Derwent stations.[3]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Register of Large Dams in Australia". Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Archived from the original (Excel (requires download)) on 12 December 2013. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
- ^ a b "Tungatinah Station: Technical fact sheet" (PDF). Derwent Catchment. Hydro Tasmania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ a b "Derwent: Tungatinah Power Station". Energy. Hydro Tasmania. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
- ^ Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd; Terry, Ian (April 2007). "Tungatinah Power Station—Conservation Management Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2012.
External links
- Hydro Tasmania page on the Lower Derwent Archived 19 September 2006 at the Wayback Machine