Burrinjuck Power Station

Burrinjuck Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at Burrinjuck Dam, New South Wales, Australia. Burrinjuck has three turbines with a total generating capacity of 28 megawatts (38,000 hp) of electricity.

The power station was commenced in 1927, running two 5 megawatts (6,700 hp) turbines. In 1938, an additional two 5 MW turbines were added at the dam wall. In 1972, floods damaged the original two turbines, which were decommissioned. In 2017, the remaining two turbines were each upgraded to 6 megawatts (8,000 hp), and an additional turbine of 16 megawatts (21,000 hp) was added.[1][2]

Notes
  1. "Burrinjuck Power Station - Yass - New South Wales Hydro Power Station - Trustpower". www.trustpower.co.nz.
  2. "Burrinjuck Dam and No 1 Power Station" (PDF). Engineers Australia. pp. 12–16.


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