| Split-Yard Creek Dam | |
|---|---|
| Location | 30km North West of Ipswich, Queensland |
| Coordinates | |
| Lake type | reservoir |
| Basin countries | Australia |
| Water volume | 28,700 ML |
Splityard Creek Dam, of earth and rock construction, forms the upper reservoir for a power station. Ipswich is a city and Local Government Area situated on the Bremer River in South East Queensland, Australia. A lake (from Latin lacus) is a Terrain feature (or Physical feature) a body of Liquid on the surface of a world that is localized to the A reservoir is most broadly a place or hollow vessel where Fluid is kept in Reserve, for later use A drainage basin is an extent of Land where Water from Rain or Snow melt drains downhill into a body of water such as a River, A power station (also referred to as generating station, power plant or powerhouse) is an industrial facility for the generation of
Owned and operated by Tarong Energy, Wivenhoe Power Station is located on the eastern side of Wivenhoe Dam, north west of Brisbane. Tarong Energy is an Electricity generation company in Australia. The Wivenhoe Dam has been built across the Brisbane River about 80 kilometres (50 miles by road from the centre of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland Wivenhoe Dam is a Dam built across the Brisbane River that creates the artificial Lake Wivenhoe. The station, which began commercial operation in 1984, was Queensland’s first pumped storage hydro-electric plant. Queensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern corner of the mainland continent
The dam has a capacity of 28 700 megalitres, enough for the power station to run at full load for about 10 hours. Using both pumps, this water can be replaced in about 14 hours. The pumped storage power station consists of two circular concrete silos, each of about 32 metres internal diameter. Each of the silos houses a 250MW turbine generator and pump set, giving a total capacity of 500MW.
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