Mackintosh Power Station

Dam in Western Tasmania

The Mackintosh Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in Western Tasmania, Australia.

Technical details

Part of the Pieman River scheme that comprises four hydroelectric power stations, the Mackintosh Power Station is the second station in the scheme. The power station is located aboveground at the foot of the rock-filled concrete faced Mackintosh Dam across the Mackintosh River and the Tullabardine Dam across the Tullabardine Creek that together form Lake Mackintosh. Water from the lake is fed to the power station by a 200-metre (660 ft)-long single tunnel.^[2]

The power station was commissioned in 1982 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) and the station has one Fuji Francis turbine, with a generating capacity of 81 megawatts (109,000 hp) of electricity. The station output, estimated to be 394 gigawatt-hours (1,420 TJ) annually,^[1] is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via a 13.8 kV/220 kV Fuji generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.^[3]

The water discharged from Mackintosh Power Station flows into Lake Rosebery for use in the Bastyan Power Station.^[2]

See also

• Renewable energy portal
• Australia portal
• Water portal

• List of power stations in Tasmania

References

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.
2. "Pieman". Energy. Hydro Tasmania. Retrieved 4 July 2015.
3. "Mackintosh Power Station: Technical fact sheet" (PDF). Pieman Catchment. Hydro Tasmania. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.

Further reading

• "Pieman Sustainability Review: Information review of the Anthony-Pieman hydropower scheme" (PDF). Hydro Tasmania. February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 June 2023. Retrieved 18 June 2023.