Parangana Power Station

Parangana Dam
Location of the Parangana Dam in Tasmania
Country	Australia
Location	North-western Tasmania
Coordinates	41°37′48″S 146°13′12″E / 41.63000°S 146.22000°E / -41.63000; 146.22000
Purpose	Power
Status	Operational
Opening date	1968 (1968)
Owner(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Dam and spillways
Type of dam	Embankment dam
Impounds	Mersey River
Height	53 metres (174 ft)
Length	189 metres (620 ft)
Dam volume	382 thousand cubic metres (13.5×10^6 cu ft)
Spillways	1
Spillway type	Uncontrolled
Spillway capacity	2,093 cubic metres per second (73,900 cu ft/s)
Reservoir
Creates	Lake Parangana
Total capacity	14,820 megalitres (523×10^6 cu ft)
Catchment area	715 square kilometres (276 sq mi)
Surface area	11.4 hectares (28 acres)
Parangana Power Station
Operator(s)	Hydro Tasmania
Commission date	2002 (2002)
Type	M
Hydraulic head	35 metres (115 ft)
Turbines	1 x 0.75 MW (1,010 hp) Tyco Tamar Francis turbine
Installed capacity	0.75 megawatts (1,010 hp)
Capacity factor	0.81
Website hydro.com.au/energy/our-power-stations/mersey-forth
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The Parangana Power Station is a mini-hydro power station located in north-western Tasmania, Australia. It is located below the rock-filled/clay core Parangana Dam which forms Lake Parangana.^[2] It is the only mini hydro electric power station in the Mersey–Forth run-of-river scheme that also contains seven conventional hydroelectric power stations.

The power station was commissioned in 2002 by Hydro Tasmania. It has one Tyco Tamar Francis turbine, with a generating capacity of 0.85 megawatts (1,140 hp) of electricity.^[3]

Much of the water from Lake Parangana travels the approximately 8 km to the Lemonthyme Power Station which discharges into the River Forth, however some water is allowed to continue down the Mersey River for environmental reasons, after running through the Parangana mini hydro station.

• List of power stations in Tasmania