Paloona Power Station

The Paloona Power Station is a conventional hydroelectric power station located in northern Tasmania, Australia.

Technical details

Part of the Mersey [River (Tasmania)|Mersey]Forth scheme that comprises seven hydroelectric power stations, the Paloona Power Station is the final station in the scheme. The power station is located immediately below the rock-filled concrete faced Paloona Dam which forms Lake Paloona. Water from the lake is fed to the power station by a short single penstock under the dam.
The power station was commissioned in 1972 by the Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS) with a Fuji [Heavy Industries|Fuji] Kaplan turbine, with a generating capacity of of electricity.
In 2014 the turbine was upgraded to a more efficient Andritz Kaplan turbine, which also has a generating capacity of of electricity.
The station output, estimated to be annually, is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via an 11 kV/110 kV Siemens generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.