Pinet (power station)

Pinet is a dam and hydroelectric power station on the River Tarn in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu in Aveyron, southern France.
The dam was built in 1932, and the station has five Francis turbines generating 42.5MW. The dam is long and high.

Description

The dam

The dam constructed in 1929 was regulated by 18 groups of sluices. These were replaced by three rising barriers, in dimension. These gave the dam capacity to cope with floods of up to .

The lake

The dam raises the level of the Tarn by and the lake formed, the Lac de Pinet, is at an altitude of and has a surface area is It lies in the communes of Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, Viala-du-Tarn and Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu.

The turbine hall

The turbine hall is downstream from the dam. It contains five Francis turbines which generate.