Reece Power Station

Reece Dam
Reece Power Station is located in Tasmania
Reece Power Station
Location of the Reece Dam in Tasmania
CountryAustralia
LocationWest Coast, Tasmania
Coordinates41°43′12″S 145°07′48″E / 41.72000°S 145.13000°E / -41.72000; 145.13000
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Construction began1974
Opening date1987
Owner(s)Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsPieman River
Height122 metres (400 ft)
Length374 metres (1,227 ft)
Dam volume2,742 thousand cubic metres (96.8×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity4,742 cubic metres per second (167,500 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Pieman
Total capacity300,200 megalitres (10,600×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi)
Surface area222 hectares (550 acres)
Reece Power Station
Coordinates41°43′25″S 145°08′10″E / 41.72361°S 145.13611°E / -41.72361; 145.13611
Operator(s)Hydro Tasmania
Commission date1987 (1987)
TypeConventional
Hydraulic head92 metres (302 ft)
Turbines2 x Fuji Francis turbines
Installed capacity238 megawatts (319,000 hp)
Capacity factor0.85
Annual generation1,025 gigawatt-hours (3,690 TJ)
Website
hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/pieman
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The Reece Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

  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.