Tumut Power Station, New South Wales
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[edit] Tumut Power station
Is a part of the Snowy Mountains Scheme of a number of hydroelectric power stations in New South Wales, Australia.
[edit] Tumut 1 Power Station
Tumut 1 has four turbines, with a generating capacity of 329.6MW of electricity. The power station was completed in 1959, and has 292.6 metres rated head.
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| Location | Snowy Mountains Scheme, New South Wales |
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| Owner | Snowy Hydro Limited |
| Status | Baseload |
| Fuel | Hydroelectric |
| Turbines | 4 |
| Max Capacity | 286.4 MW |
| Commissioned | 1962 |
[edit] Tumut 2 Power Station
Tumut 2 has four turbines, with a generating capacity of 286.4MW of electricity. The power station was completed in 1962, and has 262.1 metres rated head.
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| Location | Snowy Mountains Scheme, New South Wales |
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| Owner | Snowy Hydro Limited |
| Fuel | Hydroelectric |
| Technology | Turbine |
| Turbines | 6 |
| Max Capacity | 1,500 MW |
| Commissioned | 1959 |
[edit] Tumut 3 Power Station
Tumut 3 has turbines, with a generating capacity of 1,500MW of electricity.
The power station was completed in 1973, and has 150.9 metres rated head. It was the first hydroelectric power station in NSW to employ pumped storage.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Technology in Australia 1788-1988. Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering date=2000. Retrieved on December 11, 2006.
[edit] External links
- Snowy Hydro page on power stations
- http://peter.neal.id.au/blog/10/webguide-1-nsw-power-stations
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