Reece Power Station

Reece Dam
Location of the Reece Dam in Tasmania
Country Australia
Location West Coast, Tasmania
Coordinates 41°43′12″S 145°07′48″E / 41.72000°S 145.13000°E / -41.72000; 145.13000Coordinates: 41°43′12″S 145°07′48″E / 41.72000°S 145.13000°E / -41.72000; 145.13000
Purpose Power
Status Operational
Construction began 1974
Opening date 1987
Owner(s) Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam Embankment dam
Impounds Pieman River
Height 122 metres (400 ft)
Length 374 metres (1,227 ft)
Dam volume 2,742 thousand cubic metres (96.8×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways 1
Spillway type Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity 4,742 cubic metres per second (167,500 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates Lake Pieman
Total capacity 300,200 megalitres (10,600×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area 2,653 square kilometres (1,024 sq mi)
Surface area 222 hectares (550 acres)
Power station
Name Reece Power Station
Coordinates 41°43′25″S 145°08′10″E / 41.72361°S 145.13611°E / -41.72361; 145.13611
Operator(s) Hydro Tasmania
Commission date 1987 (1987)
Type Conventional
Hydraulic head 92 metres (302 ft)
Turbines 2 x Fuji Francis turbines
Installed capacity 238 megawatts (319,000 hp)
Capacity factor 0.85
Annual generation 1,025 gigawatt-hours (3,690 TJ)
Website
hydro.com.au/energy/our-power-stations/pieman
[1]

The Reece Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in the West Coast region of Tasmania, Australia.

Technical details

Part of the Pieman River scheme that comprises four hydroelectric power stations, the Reece Power Station is the final station in the scheme, before the water runs out to sea. The power station is located aboveground at the foot of the rock-filled concrete faced Reece Dam (also called the Lower Pieman Dam) which forms Lake Pieman. Water from the lake is fed to the power station into two independent 250-metre (820 ft)-long tunnels.[2]

The power station was commissioned in 1986 and 1987 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has two Fuji Francis turbines, with a combined generating capacity of 238 megawatts (319,000 hp) of electricity. The station output, estimated to be 1,025 gigawatt-hours (3,690 TJ) annually,[1] is fed to Transend Networks’ transmission grid via a 13.8 kV/220 kV Fuji generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.[3]

Etymology

Both the power station and the dam are named in honour of Eric Reece, the Premier of Tasmania between 1958 to 1969 and again between 1972 to 1975. Reece was a firm proponent of the Hydro-Electric Commission and the development of hydroelectricity in Tasmania.[2]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 "Register of Large Dams in Australia" (Excel (requires download)). Dams information. Australian National Committee on Large Dams. 2010. Retrieved 23 June 2015.
  2. 1 2 "Pieman". Energy. Hydro Tasmania. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
  3. ↑ "Reece Power Station: Technical fact sheet" (PDF). Pieman Catchment. Hydro Tasmania. Retrieved 4 July 2015.

Further reading


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