Manapouri Power Station

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Manapouri Power Station is a large underground hydroelectric power station in Fiordland, New Zealand, renowned for harnessing the waters of Lake Manapouri to generate electricity, primarily for the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

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Manapouri Power Station canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf hydroelectric power station ⓘ
underground power station ⓘ
access West Arm of Lake Manapouri ⓘ
linked to: Manapouri Lake
associatedCampaign Save Manapouri campaign ⓘ
associatedWith Tiwai Point aluminium smelter ⓘ
commissioningDate 1969 ⓘ
connectedTo New Zealand National Grid ⓘ
constructionStartDate 1964 ⓘ
continent Oceania ⓘ
country New Zealand ⓘ
dischargeFiord Doubtful Sound / Patea ⓘ
dischargeLocation Deep Cove ⓘ
distanceTo about 10 km from Lake Manapouri to Deep Cove via tailrace tunnels ⓘ
elevationDrop about 178 metres ⓘ
environmentalManagement subject to Fiordland National Park protections ⓘ
firstTailraceTunnelCommissioned 1969 ⓘ
fuelType hydropower ⓘ
fullCommissioningDate 1972 ⓘ
governingLaw Manapouri-Te Anau Development Act 1963 ⓘ
gridConnectionVoltage 220 kV ⓘ
gridOperator Transpower New Zealand ⓘ
heritageStatus engineering landmark in New Zealand ⓘ
installedCapacity about 800 MW ⓘ
locatedIn Fiordland ⓘ
South Island ⓘ
Southland Region ⓘ
linked to: Southland
locatedNear Lake Manapouri ⓘ
linked to: Manapouri Lake
nearbyTown Manapouri ⓘ
linked to: Manapouri Lake
notableFor being constructed almost entirely underground ⓘ
being one of New Zealand's largest hydroelectric power stations ⓘ
environmental controversy over raising Lake Manapouri ⓘ
operator Meridian Energy ⓘ
ownedBy Meridian Energy ⓘ
penstockCount 7 ⓘ
plantType run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant ⓘ
primaryCustomer Tiwai Point aluminium smelter ⓘ
primaryPurpose electricity generation ⓘ
region Fiordland National Park ⓘ
river Waiau River ⓘ
secondTailraceTunnelCommissioned 2002 ⓘ
status operational ⓘ
tailraceTunnelCount 2 ⓘ
turbineCount 7 ⓘ
turbineType Francis turbine ⓘ
undergroundCavernHeight about 36 metres ⓘ
undergroundCavernLength about 111 metres ⓘ
undergroundCavernWidth about 18 metres ⓘ
usesWaterSource Lake Manapouri ⓘ
linked to: Manapouri Lake

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Manapouri Lake → accessPointFor → Manapouri Power Station ⓘ