Tribute Power Station

Anthony Dam
Tribute Power Station is located in Tasmania
Tribute Power Station
Location of the Anthony Dam in Tasmania
CountryAustralia
LocationWestern Tasmania
Coordinates41°51′36″S 145°37′12″E / 41.86000°S 145.62000°E / -41.86000; 145.62000
PurposePower
StatusOperational
Opening date1993 (1993)
Owner(s)Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of damEmbankment dam
ImpoundsAnthony River
Height40 metres (130 ft)
Length124 metres (407 ft)
Dam volume110 thousand cubic metres (3.9×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways1
Spillway typeUncontrolled
Spillway capacity227 cubic metres per second (8,000 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
CreatesLake Plimsoll
Total capacity36,180 megalitres (1,278×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area37 square kilometres (14 sq mi)
Surface area38.4 hectares (95 acres)
Tribute Power Station
Coordinates41°49′01″S 145°39′02″E / 41.81694°S 145.65056°E / -41.81694; 145.65056
Operator(s)Hydro Tasmania
Commission date1994 (1994)
TypeConventional
Hydraulic head271 metres (889 ft)
Turbines1 x 84 MW (113,000 hp)
Fuji Francis turbine
Installed capacity84 megawatts (113,000 hp)
Capacity factor0.9
Annual generation265 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.

  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.