Bendeela hydroelectric pumping station

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Bendeela hydroelectric pumping station is a hydroelectric power station in the Kangaroo Valley, New South Wales, Australia. Bendeela has two 40 MW pump/turbine units, for a total of 80 MW electricity generating capacity.

The power station was completed in 1977 as a joint project between the Electricity Commission of NSW and the NSW Metropolitan Water Sewerage and Drainage Board. Management has subsequently been passed from those bodies to Eraring Energy and the Sydney Catchment Authority. It can operate as either a pump or a generator. During off peak periods, it utilises excess electricity from the grid to pump water back up to the reservoir as pumped storage.

[edit] See also

• Shoalhaven Scheme
• Kangaroo Valley hydroelectric pumping station

[edit] External links

• Bendeela hydroelectric pumping station is at coordinates 34°44′01″S 150°28′01″E / -34.73369, 150.46687 (Bendeela hydroelectric pumping station)Coordinates: 34°44′01″S 150°28′01″E / -34.73369, 150.46687 (Bendeela hydroelectric pumping station)
• Eraring Energy page on the Shoalhaven pumping stations