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English Poatina is a 100 MW hydro power plant located in Australia. View location, capacity, and technical details.
Installed
Year online
Operator
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Technical Details
- Fuel Type
- Hydroelectric
- Capacity
- 100 MW
- Commissioned
- 1969
- Status
- Operational
- Owner
- Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania)
- Country
- Australia
- Coordinates
- -41.812, 146.919
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About this plant
Poatina is a 100 MW hydro power plant in Australia, operated by Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania).
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 the Snowy 2.0 hydropower project at 2,000 MW, making Poatina 20 times smaller.
Within 50 km, the nearest plants are Poatina Power Station (312.5 MW, Hydro), Trevallyn Power Station (95.8 MW, Hydro), and Trevallyn (80 MW, Hydro). The facility is located in Tasmania, approximately 30 km from Launceston.
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