Reece Power Station
{{Short description|Power station in Tasmania, Australia}}
{{Use Australian English|date=July 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2015}}
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| location_map_caption = Location of the Reece Dam in Tasmania
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| country = Australia
| location = West Coast, Tasmania
| purpose = P
| status = O
| construction_began = 1974
| opening = 1987
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| owner = Hydro Tasmania
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| dam_crosses = Pieman River
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| plant_operator = Hydro Tasmania
| plant_commission = {{start date|1987}}
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| plant_type = C
| plant_hydraulic_head = {{convert|92|m}}
| plant_turbines = 2 x Fuji Francis turbines
| plant_capacity = {{convert|238|MW}}
| plant_capacity_factor= 0.85
| plant_annual_gen = {{convert|1025|GWh}}
| website = {{URL|hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/pieman}}
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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 {{convert|250|m|adj=on}}-long tunnels.{{cite web|url=https://www.hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/pieman|title=Pieman|publisher=Hydro Tasmania|access-date=26 June 2023}}
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 {{convert|238|MW}} of electricity. The station output, estimated to be {{convert|1025|GWh}} annually, is fed to TasNetworks' transmission grid via a 13.8 kV/220 kV Fuji generator transformer to the outdoor switchyard.{{cite web|url=https://www.hydro.com.au/docs/default-source/clean-energy/our-power-stations/power-station-fact-sheets/reece-power-station-fact-sheet.pdf?sfvrsn=63cd9b28_2|title=Reece Power Station: Pieman Catchment|publisher=Hydro Tasmania|access-date=26 June 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626020606/https://www.hydro.com.au/docs/default-source/clean-energy/our-power-stations/power-station-fact-sheets/reece-power-station-fact-sheet.pdf?sfvrsn=63cd9b28_2|archive-date=26 June 2023|df=dmy-all}}
Etymology
Both the power station and the dam are named in honour of Eric Reece, the Premier of Tasmania between 1958 and 1969 and again between 1972 and 1975. Reece was a firm proponent of the Hydro-Electric Commission and the development of hydroelectricity in Tasmania.{{r|HYDRO}}
See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite web |url=http://www.hydro.com.au/system/files/environment/141344_Hydro_-_Anthony_Pieman_Report_A4_web.pdf |title=Pieman Sustainability Review: Information review of the Anthony-Pieman hydropower scheme |publisher=Hydro Tasmania |date=February 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150706035105/http://www.hydro.com.au/system/files/environment/141344_Hydro_-_Anthony_Pieman_Report_A4_web.pdf |archive-date=6 July 2015 |df=dmy-all }}
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Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1987