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Miena Rockfill Dam
Poatina Power Station is located in Tasmania
Poatina Power Station
Location of the Miena Rockfill Dam in Tasmania
CountryAustralia
LocationCentral Highlands Tasmania
Coordinates41°58′48″S 146°43′48″E / 41.98000°S 146.73000°E / -41.98000; 146.73000
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1967 (1967)
Owner(s)Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsShannon River
Height28 metres (92 ft)
Length1,136 metres (3,727 ft)
Dam volume481 thousand cubic metres (17.0×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeControlled
Spillway capacity58 cubic metres per second (2,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesGreat Lake
Total capacity3,156,640 megalitres (111,476×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area399 square kilometres (154 sq mi)
Surface area1,761.2 hectares (4,352 acres)
Poatina Power Station
Coordinates41°48′42″S 146°55′08″E / 41.81167°S 146.91889°E / -41.81167; 146.91889
Operator(s)Hydro Tasmania
Commission date1966 (1966); 1977 (1977); 2008 (2008); 2010 (2010)
TypeConventional
Hydraulic head758 metres (2,487 ft)
Turbines
  • 5 x 51.6 MW (69,200 hp)
    Andritz Pelton-type turbines;
  • 1 x 54.5 MW (73,100 hp)
    Fuji Pelton-type turbine
Installed capacity313 megawatts (420,000 hp)
Capacity factor0.8
Annual generation1,255 gigawatt-hours (4,520 TJ)
Website
www.hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/yingina-great-lake---south-esk
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The Poatina Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in the Central Highlands region of Tasmania, Australia. The power station is situated on the Great Lake and South Esk and is owned and operated by Hydro Tasmania.

  1. ^ "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.

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