Parangana Power Station

Parangana Dam
Location of the Parangana Dam in Tasmania
Country	Australia
Location	North-western Tasmania
Coordinates
Purpose	Power
Status	Operational
Opening date	1968 (1968)
Owner(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment dam
Impounds	Mersey River
Height	53 metres (174 ft)
Length	189 metres (620 ft)
Dam volume	382 thousand cubic metres (13.5×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways	1
Spillway type	Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity	2,093 cubic metres per second (73,900 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Parangana
Total capacity	14,820 megalitres (523×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area	715 square kilometres (276 sq mi)
Surface area	11.4 hectares (28 acres)
Power station
Name	Parangana Power Station
Operator(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Commission date	2002 (2002)
Type	M
Hydraulic head	35 metres (115 ft)
Turbines	1 x 0.75 MW (1,010 hp) Tyco Tamar Francis turbine
Installed capacity	0.75 megawatts (1,010 hp)
Capacity factor	0.81
Website hydro.com.au/energy/our-power-stations/mersey-forth

The Parangana Power Station is a mini-hydro power station located in north-western Tasmania, Australia.

Technical details

Part of the Mersey–Forth scheme that comprises eight hydroelectric power stations, the Parangana Power Station is the third station in the scheme. The power station is located below the rock-filled/clay core Parangana Dam which forms Lake Parangana.

The conventional Lemonthyme Power Station, the fourth power station in the Mersey–Forth scheme, is also located below Parangana Dam.

The power station was commissioned in 2002 by Hydro Tasmania and the station has one Tyco Tamar Francis turbine, with a generating capacity of 0.75 megawatts (1,010 hp) of electricity.

See also

• List of power stations in Tasmania