Devils Gate Power Station

Devils Gate Dam
The Devils Gate Dam double arch wall
Devils Gate Power Station is located in Tasmania
Devils Gate Power Station
Location of the Devils Gate Dam in Tasmania
CountryAustralia
LocationNorth-western Tasmania
Coordinates41°21′1″S 146°15′48″E / 41.35028°S 146.26333°E / -41.35028; 146.26333
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1969 (1969)
Owner(s)Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of damArch dam
ImpoundsForth River
Height84 metres (276 ft)
Length134 metres (440 ft)
Dam volume31 thousand cubic metres (1.1×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity2,040 cubic metres per second (72,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Barrington
Total capacity179,940 megalitres (6,355×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area742 square kilometres (286 sq mi)
Surface area66.5 hectares (164 acres)
Devils Gate Power Station
Operator(s)Hydro Tasmania
Commission date1969 (1969)
TypeConventional
Hydraulic head68 metres (223 ft)
Turbines1 x 63 MW (84,000 hp)
Boving Francis turbine
Installed capacity63 megawatts (84,000 hp)
Capacity factor0.8
Annual generation314 gigawatt-hours (1,130 TJ)
Website
hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/mersey-forth
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The Devils Gate Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in north-western Tasmania, Australia. The dam is 84 metres (276 ft) high. It is one of the thinnest concrete arch dams in the world.[2]

  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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