Mackintosh Power Station

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Mackintosh Dam
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Location of the Mackintosh Dam in Tasmania
CountryAustralia
Location Western Tasmania
Coordinates 41°41′24″S145°38′24″E / 41.69000°S 145.64000°E / -41.69000; 145.64000 Coordinates: 41°41′24″S145°38′24″E / 41.69000°S 145.64000°E / -41.69000; 145.64000
Purpose Power
StatusOperational
Opening date1981 (1981)
Owner(s) Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment dam
Impounds Mackintosh River
Height75 metres (246 ft)
Length465 metres (1,526 ft)
Dam volume927 thousand cubic metres (32.7×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways 1
Spillway type Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity1,021 cubic metres per second (36,100 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Lake Mackintosh
Total capacity913,690 megalitres (32,267×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area 512 square kilometres (198 sq mi)
Surface area276.1 hectares (682 acres)
Mackintosh Power Station
Coordinates 41°41′24″S145°38′24″E / 41.69000°S 145.64000°E / -41.69000; 145.64000
Operator(s) Hydro Tasmania
Commission date1982 (1982)
Type Conventional
Hydraulic head 61 metres (200 ft)
Turbines 1 x 81 megawatts (109,000 hp)
Fuji Francis-type turbine
Installed capacity 81 megawatts (109,000 hp)
Capacity factor 0.85
Annual generation 394 gigawatt-hours (1,420 TJ)
Website
hydro.com.au/energy/our-power-stations/pieman
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The Mackintosh Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in Western Tasmania, Australia.

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Technical details

Part of the Pieman River scheme that comprises four hydroelectric power stations, the Mackintosh Power Station is the second station in the scheme. The power station is located aboveground at the foot of the rock-filled concrete faced Mackintosh Dam across the Mackintosh River and the Tullabardine Dam across the Tullabardine Creek that together form Lake Mackintosh. Water from the lake is fed to the power station by a 200-metre (660 ft)-long single tunnel. [2]

The power station was commissioned in 1982 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has one Fuji Francis turbine, with a generating capacity of 81 megawatts (109,000 hp) of electricity. The station output, estimated to be 394 gigawatt-hours (1,420 TJ) annually, [1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via a 13.8 kV/220 kV Fuji generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard. [3]

The water discharged from Mackintosh Power Station flows into Lake Rosebery for use in the Bastyan Power Station. [2]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Pieman". Energy. Hydro Tasmania . Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. "Mackintosh Power Station: Technical fact sheet" (PDF). Pieman Catchment. Hydro Tasmania. Archived from the original (PDF) on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

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