Repulse Power Station

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Repulse Dam
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Location of the Repulse Dam in Tasmania
CountryAustralia
Location Central Highlands Tasmania
Coordinates 42°30′00″S146°38′24″E / 42.50000°S 146.64000°E / -42.50000; 146.64000
Purpose Power
StatusOperational
Opening date1968 (1968)
Owner(s) Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Arch dam
Impounds River Derwent
Height42 metres (138 ft)
Length433 metres (1,421 ft)
Dam volume71 thousand cubic metres (2.5×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways 1
Spillway type Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity3,964 cubic metres per second (140,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Repulse
Total capacity15,900 megalitres (560×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area 2,820 square kilometres (1,090 sq mi)
Surface area15.3 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 date1967 (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/clean-energy/our-power-stations/derwent
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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.

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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. [3] 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]

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References

  1. 1 2 "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.
  2. 1 2 "Repulse Power Station: Derwent Catchment" (PDF). Hydro Tasmania. Archived (PDF) from the original on 26 June 2023. Retrieved 26 June 2023.
  3. 1 2 3 "Derwent". Hydro Tasmania . Retrieved 26 June 2023.