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Cethana — 100 MW Hydroelectric

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Cethana is a 100 MW hydro power plant located in Australia. View location, capacity, and technical details.

Capacity
100 MW

Installed

Commissioned
1995

Year online

Owner
Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania)

Operator

Location
-41.48, 146.13

Coordinates

Insights

#210
largest in %s
#2,293
largest %s worldwide
#10,042
largest worldwide
1995
%d yrs newer than avg
31
operated by %s
33
plants within 100 km

Location

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Technical Details

Fuel Type
Hydroelectric
Capacity
100 MW
Commissioned
1995
Status
Operational
Owner
Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania)
Country
Australia
Coordinates
-41.479, 146.135
Wikipedia
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Estimated Carbon Footprint

Annual CO₂
8,410 t

tonnes / year

Lifetime CO₂
672,768 t

over ~%d yrs

Intensity
24 g

gCO₂ per kWh

Annual emissions equal to

1,828
cars / year
1,121
homes / year
382,255
trees to offset

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

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About this plant

Cethana is a 100 MW hydroelectric power plant in Australia, operated by Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania). The plant has been in operation since its commissioning.

Ranked #25 of 102 hydro plants in Australia. Its 100 MW represents 0.67% of Australia’s total hydro capacity of 14,906 MW. The largest hydro plant in Australia is Snowy 2.0 at 2,000 MW, making Cethana 20 times smaller.

Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Wilmot (81.6 MW, Hydro), Lemonthyme (81.6 MW, Hydro), and Devils Gate (60 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Tasmania, approximately 50 km southwest of Launceston.

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