Cobb Power Station

Cobb Power Station
Cobb Power Station, with penstock visible behind it
Country	New Zealand
Location	Tasman District
Coordinates	41°5′10″S 172°43′56″E / 41.08611°S 172.73222°E / -41.08611; 172.73222
Status	Operational
Commission date	1944
Owner	Manawa Energy
Thermal power station
Turbine technology	Hydroelectric
Power generation
Units operational	6
Nameplate capacity	32 MW (43,000 hp)
External links
Website	www.manawaenergy.co.nz/cobb-power-station
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Cobb Power Station is a hydroelectric facility on the Cobb River, in the Tasman District of New Zealand. The power station is located in Upper Tākaka, 112 km (70 mi) northwest of Nelson. Annual generation is approximately 190 gigawatt-hours (680 TJ).^[1] The initial stages of the construction of the station began as a privately-funded scheme in 1935, but the investor failed to raise the necessary capital. The national government took over building the station and the first power was produced in 1944, operating as a run-of-river station. A storage dam was completed in 1954. The resulting hydro lake is the highest in the country and at 596 m (1,955 ft), the station has New Zealand's highest hydraulic head of any power station.