Country Australia Purpose Power Opening date 1970 (1970) Height 34 m Length 138 m | Location North-western Tasmania Status Operational Owner(s) Hydro Tasmania Opened 1970 | |
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Dam volume 122×10^3 m3 (4.3×10^6 cu ft) Spillway capacity 1,104 m3/s (39,000 cu ft/s) Turbines 1 x 32 MW (43,000 hp); Fuji Francis turbine Similar Fisher Power Station, Devils Gate Power Station, Nieterana Power Station, John Butters Power St, Liapootah Power Station | ||
The Wilmot Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in north-western Tasmania, Australia.
Technical details
Part of the Mersey–Forth scheme that comprises eight hydroelectric power stations, the Wilmot Power Station is the fourth station in the scheme. The power station is located on the foreshore of Lake Cethana below the Wilmot Dam across the Wilmot River. Water from the Wilmot River is stored at Lake Gairdner and transferred via an intake structure located a short distance from the dam face, through a power tunnel, pipeline and surface penstock. Water then flows to Lake Cethana.
The power station was commissioned in 1971 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has one turbine, with a generating capacity of 32 megawatts (43,000 hp) of electricity.
The station output, estimated to be 137 gigawatt-hours (490 TJ) annually, is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 kV/220 kV Siemens generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.