Cluny Power Station

Cluny Dam
Location of the Cluny Dam in Tasmania
Country	Australia
Location	Central Highlands Tasmania
Coordinates	42°30′00″S146°38′24″E / 42.50000°S 146.64000°E / -42.50000; 146.64000 Coordinates: 42°30′00″S146°38′24″E / 42.50000°S 146.64000°E / -42.50000; 146.64000
Purpose	Power
Status	Operational
Opening date	1967 (1967)
Owner(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch dam
Impounds	River Derwent
Height	30 metres (98 ft)
Length	204 metres (669 ft)
Dam volume	28 thousand cubic metres (990×10^3 cu ft)
Spillways	1
Spillway type	Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity	4,248 cubic metres per second (150,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Cluny Lagoon
Total capacity	4,880 megalitres (172×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area	2,971 square kilometres (1,147 sq mi)
Surface area	8 hectares (20 acres)
Cluny Power Station
Coordinates	42°30′00″S146°40′48″E / 42.50000°S 146.68000°E / -42.50000; 146.68000
Operator(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Commission date	1968 (1968)
Type	Conventional
Hydraulic head	15 metres (49 ft)
Turbines	1 x 18.6 MW (24,900 hp) Boving Kaplan-type turbine
Installed capacity	18.6 megawatts (24,900 hp)
Capacity factor	0.8
Annual generation	90 gigawatt-hours (320 TJ)
Website hydro.com.au/energy/our-power-stations/derwent-0/cluny
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The Cluny Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The power station is situated on the Lower River Derwent catchment and is owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania.

Technical details

Part of the Derwent scheme that comprises eleven hydroelectric power stations, the Cluny Power Station is the tenth power station in the scheme. The power station is located aboveground below Cluny Lagoon, a small storage created by the concrete gravity Cluny Dam on the Derwent River. The facilities at the Cluny Power Station are simple and include the dam, intake structure with intake gate designed to cut off full flow, a short penstock which is integral with the dam, power station building, generator equipment and associated facilities. ^{[2] [3]}

The power station was commissioned in 1967 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and has a single Boving Kaplan-type turbine with a generating capacity of 18.6 megawatts (24,900 hp) of electricity. ^[4] Within the station building, the turbine has a fourbladed runner and concrete spiral casing. Pre-stressed cables passing through the stay vanes anchor the spiral casing and form part of the station foundation. No inlet valve is installed in the station. The station output, estimated to be 90 gigawatt-hours (320 TJ) annually, ^[1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 kV/220 kV Siemens generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard. ^[2]

Water discharged from the Cluny Power Station flows into the River Derwent. ^[3]

See also

• Renewable energy portal
• Australia portal
• Water portal

• List of power stations in Tasmania

References

1. "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
2. "Cluny Power Station Fact Sheet: Technical fact sheet" (PDF). Energy: Our power stations. Hydro Tasmania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 16 January 2015.
3. "Derwent: Cluny Power Station". Energy. Hydro Tasmania. Archived from the original on 7 July 2015. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
4. Austral Archaeology Pty Ltd; Terry, Ian (April 2007). "Cluny Power Station—Conservation Management Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Hydro Tasmania page on the Lower Derwent