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{{Short description|Power station in Central Highlands Tasmania}}
{{Use Australian English|date=June 2015}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2015}}
{{Infobox dam
| name = Repulse Dam
| name_official =
| image =
| image_size = 280
| image_caption =
| image_alt =
| location_map = Australia Tasmania
| location_map_size = 280
| location_map_caption = Location of the Repulse Dam in [[Tasmania]]
| location_map_alt =
| coordinates = {{coord|42|30|00|S|146|38|24|E|region:AU-TAS_type:landmark|display=inline,title}}
| country = Australia
| location = [[Central Highlands (Tasmania)|Central Highlands]] [[Tasmania]]
| purpose = P
| status = O
| construction_began =
| opening = {{start date|1968}}
| demolished =
| cost =
| owner = [[Hydro Tasmania]]
| operator =
| dam_type = A
| dam_crosses = [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|River Derwent]]
| dam_height = {{convert|42|m}}
| dam_height_foundation=
| dam_height_thalweg =
| dam_length = {{convert|433|m}}
| dam_elevation_crest =
| dam_width_crest =
| dam_width_base =
| dam_volume = {{convert|71|e3m3}}
| spillway_count = 1
| spillway_type = [[Spillway#Types|Uncontrolled]]
| spillway_capacity = {{convert|3964|m3/s}}
| res_name = Lake Repulse
| res_capacity_total = {{convert|15900|ML}}
| res_capacity_active =
| res_capacity_inactive=
| res_catchment = {{convert|2820|km2}}
| res_surface = {{convert|15.3|ha}}
| res_max_length =
| res_max_width =
| res_max_depth =
| res_elevation =
| res_tidal_range =
| plant_name = Repulse Power Station
| plant_coordinates = {{coord|42|30|25|S|146|38|45|E|type:landmark}}
| plant_operator = [[Hydro Tasmania]]
| plant_commission = {{start date|1967}}
| plant_decommission =
| plant_type = C
| plant_hydraulic_head = {{convert|25|m}}
| plant_turbines = 1 x {{convert|29.1|MW|adj=on|abbr=on}} Boving [[Kaplan turbine|Kaplan-type]] [[water turbine|turbine]]
| plant_capacity = {{convert|29.1|MW}}
| plant_capacity_factor= 0.8
| plant_annual_gen = {{convert|153|GWh}}
| website = {{URL|hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/derwent}}
| extra = <ref name=ancold>{{cite web|url=http://www.ancold.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dams-Australia-2010-v1-for-website.xls|format=Excel (requires download)|title=Register of Large Dams in Australia|publisher=[[Australian National Committee on Large Dams]]|year=2010|access-date=23 June 2015|work=Dams information|archive-date=12 December 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131212120804/http://www.ancold.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2012/10/Dams-Australia-2010-v1-for-website.xls|url-status=dead}}</ref>
}}

The '''Repulse Power Station''' is a [[Hydroelectricity#Conventional (dams)|conventional]] [[hydroelectric]] [[power station]] located in the [[Central Highlands (Tasmania)|Central Highlands]] region of [[Tasmania]], Australia. The power station is situated on the [[Derwent River (Tasmania)|Lower River Derwent]] catchment and is owned and operated by [[Hydro Tasmania]].

==Technical details==
Part of the [[River Derwent (Tasmania)|Derwent]] scheme that comprises eleven hydroelectric power stations, the Repulse Power Station is the eighth power station in the scheme. The power station is located aboveground below Lake Repulse, a small storage created by the concrete [[arch dam|arch]]ed Repulse Dam on the Derwent River. The facilities at the Repulse Power Station are simple and include the dam, intake structure with intake gate designed to cut off full flow, a short [[penstock]] which is integral with the dam, power station building, generator equipment and associated facilities.{{r|TECH}}<ref name=HYDRO>{{cite web|url=https://www.hydro.com.au/clean-energy/our-power-stations/derwent|title=Derwent|publisher=[[Hydro Tasmania]]|access-date=26 June 2023}}</ref>

Approved by the [[Tasmanian Parliament]] in 1961, the power station was commissioned in 1967 by the [[Hydro Tasmania|Hydro Electric Corporation (TAS)]]. The station has a single Boving [[Kaplan turbine|Kaplan-type]] [[Water turbine|turbine]] with a generating capacity of {{convert|29.1|MW}} of electricity.{{r|HYDRO}} Within the station building, the turbine has a five-bladed runner and concrete spiral casing. Pre-stressed cables passing through the stay vanes anchor the spiral casing and form part of the station foundation. No inlet valve is installed in the station. The station output, estimated to be {{convert|153|GWh}} annually,<ref name=ancold/> is fed to [[TasNetworks]]' transmission grid via two 11 k[[voltage|V]]/220 kV [[Siemens]] generator transformers to the outdoor switchyard.<ref name=TECH>{{cite web|url=https://www.hydro.com.au/docs/default-source/clean-energy/our-power-stations/power-station-fact-sheets/repulse-power-station-fact-sheet.pdf?sfvrsn=7bcd9b28_2|title=Repulse Power Station: Derwent Catchment|publisher=[[Hydro Tasmania]]|access-date=26 June 2023|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230626021531/https://www.hydro.com.au/docs/default-source/clean-energy/our-power-stations/power-station-fact-sheets/repulse-power-station-fact-sheet.pdf?sfvrsn=7bcd9b28_2|archive-date=26 June 2023|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

Water discharged from the Repulse Power Station flows into the River Derwent.{{r|HYDRO}}

== See also ==
{{stack|{{Portal|Renewable energy|Australia|Water}}}}
*[[List of power stations in Tasmania]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
*[[Hydro Tasmania]] page on [https://web.archive.org/web/20060919104726/http://www.hydro.com.au/home/Energy/Tasmanian+Hydro+Electric+Schemes/Catchment+Areas/Derwent+Catchment/The+Lower+Derwent.htm the Lower Derwent]

{{River Derwent Dams}}
{{EnergyTasmania}}
{{CentralHighlandsTasmania |state=autocollapse}}

[[Category:Energy infrastructure completed in 1967]]
[[Category:Hydroelectric power stations in Tasmania]]
[[Category:Central Highlands (Tasmania)]]

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