Tribute Power Station

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Anthony Dam
Tribute Power Station is located in Tasmania
Tribute Power Station
Location of the Anthony Dam in Tasmania
Country Australia
Location Western Tasmania
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Purpose Power
Status Operational
Opening date 1993 (1993)
Owner(s) Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment dam
Impounds Anthony River
Height 40 metres (130 ft)
Length 124 metres (407 ft)
Dam volume 110 thousand cubic metres (3.9×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways 1
Spillway type Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity 227 cubic metres per second (8,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Lake Plimsoll
Total capacity 36,180 megalitres (1,278×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area 37 square kilometres (14 sq mi)
Surface area 38.4 hectares (95 acres)
Power station
Name Tribute Power Station
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Operator(s) Hydro Tasmania
Commission date 1994 (1994)
Type Conventional
Hydraulic head 271 metres (889 ft)
Turbines 1 x 84 MW (113,000 hp)
Fuji Francis turbine
Installed capacity 84 megawatts (113,000 hp)
Capacity factor 0.9
Annual generation 265 gigawatt-hours (950 TJ)
Website
hydro.com.au/energy/our-power-stations/pieman
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The Tribute Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in Western Tasmania, Australia.

Technical details

Part of the PiemanAnthony Power Development scheme that comprises four hydroelectric power stations, the Tribute Power Station is the first station in the scheme, being the highest upstream, yet the last major hydro-electric power development in Tasmania.[2] The power station is located underground, below the 40-metre (130 ft)-high rock-filled concrete faced Anthony Dam and the adjacent 17-metre (56 ft)-high Anthony Levee, both across the Anthony River which forms Lake Plimsoll. Water from the lake is fed to the power station via a 7-kilometre (4.3 mi) headrace tunnel.[3]

The power station was commissioned in 1994 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has one Fuji Francis turbine, with a generating capacity of 84 megawatts (113,000 hp) of electricity. The station output, estimated to be 265 gigawatt-hours (950 TJ) annually,[1] is fed to Transend Networks’ transmission grid via an 13.8 kV/220 kV Fuji surface generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.[4]

Although the Tribute Power Station might have been the last major construction project of the Hydro Electric Commission of Tasmania, the 1,000 GWH Project has resulted in upgrades to component parts of existing superstructure operated by Hydro Tasmania.[5][6][7]

See also

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