Repulse Power Station

Repulse Dam
Location of the Repulse 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	1968 (1968)
Owner(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Arch dam
Impounds	River Derwent
Height	42 metres (138 ft)
Length	433 metres (1,421 ft)
Dam volume	71 thousand cubic metres (2.5×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways	1
Spillway type	Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity	3,964 cubic metres per second (140,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Repulse
Total capacity	15,900 megalitres (560×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area	2,820 square kilometres (1,090 sq mi)
Surface area	15.3 hectares (38 acres)
Repulse Power Station
Coordinates	42°30′25″S146°38′45″E / 42.50694°S 146.64583°E / -42.50694; 146.64583
Operator(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Commission date	1967 (1967)
Type	Conventional
Hydraulic head	25 metres (82 ft)
Turbines	1 x 29.1 MW (39,000 hp) Boving Kaplan-type turbine
Installed capacity	29.1 megawatts (39,000 hp)
Capacity factor	0.8
Annual generation	153 gigawatt-hours (550 TJ)
Website hydro.com.au/energy/our-power-stations/derwent-0/repulse
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The Repulse 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 Repulse Power Station is the eighth power station in the scheme. The power station is located aboveground below Lake Repulse, a small storage created by the concrete arched Repulse Dam on the Derwent River. The facilities at the Repulse 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]}

Approved by the Tasmanian Parliament in 1961, the power station was commissioned in 1967 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS). The station has a single Boving Kaplan-type turbine with a generating capacity of 29.1 megawatts (39,000 hp) of electricity. ^[4] Within the station building, the turbine has a five-bladed 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 153 gigawatt-hours (550 TJ) annually, ^[1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via two 11 kV/220 kV Siemens generator transformers to the outdoor switchyard. ^[2]

Water discharged from the Repulse 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. "Repulse 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: Repulse 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). "Repulse Power Station—Conservation Management Plan" (PDF). Retrieved 1 February 2012.^{[ permanent dead link ]}

External links

• Hydro Tasmania page on the Lower Derwent