Australia

Tarraleah — 90 MW Hydroelectric

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Tarraleah is a 90 MW hydro power plant located in Australia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
90 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1951

Year online

Owner
Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania)

Operator

Location
-42.30, 146.46

Coordinates

Insights

#225
largest in %s
#2,428
largest %s worldwide
#10,694
largest worldwide
1951
%d yrs older than avg
31
operated by %s
33
plants within 100 km

Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
90 MW
Commissioned
1951
Status
Operational
Owner
Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania)
Country
Australia
Coordinates
-42.301, 146.457

Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
7,569 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
605,491 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,645
cars / year
1,009
homes / year
344,029
trees to offset

Renewable source — life-cycle emissions only (materials/construction), no direct combustion. Open calculator

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About this plant

Tarraleah is a 90 MW hydro power plant in Australia, operated by Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania). It was commissioned in an undisclosed year.

Ranked #28 of 102 hydro plants in Australia, Tarraleah’s 90 MW accounts for 0.6% of Australia’s total hydro capacity of 14,906 MW. The largest hydro plant in Australia is the Snowy 2.0 hydropower project at 2,000 MW, making Tarraleah 22.2 times smaller.

Nearby plants include Tungatinah (125 MW, Hydro), Liapootah Power Station (87.3 MW, Hydro), and Liapootah (87.3 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Tasmania, approximately 160 km northwest of Hobart.

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