Blowering Dam wall and power station

Blowering Power Station is one of several hydroelectric power stations in the Snowy Mountains Scheme, New South Wales, Australia. Blowering has one turbo generator, with a generating capacity of 80 MW of electricity. Hydroelectric dam diagram The waters of Llyn Stwlan, the upper reservoir of the Ffestiniog Pumped-Storage Scheme in north Wales, can just be glimpsed on the right. ... Oil power plant in Iraq A power station (also referred to as generating station or power plant) is a facility for the generation of electric power. ... Talbingo Dam The Snowy Mountains Scheme is a massive water diversion, storage and hydro-electric scheme, which takes water from the eastern slopes of the Australian Alps (part of the Great Dividing Range) in eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales through pipes, tunnels and aqueducts into a series of... Slogan or Nickname: First State, Premier State Motto(s): Orta Recens Quam Pura Nites (Newly Risen, How Brightly You Shine) Other Australian states and territories Capital Sydney Government Constitutional monarchy Governor Professor Marie Bashir Premier Morris Iemma (ALP) Federal representation  - House seats 50  - Senate seats 12 Gross State Product (2004... Air foil bearing-supported turbocharger cutaway made by Mohawk Innovative Technology Inc. ... “Dynamo” redirects here. ... The megawatt (symbol: MW) is a unit for measuring power corresponding to one million (106) watts. ... Lightning strikes during a night-time thunderstorm. ...

The power station was completed in 1969, and has 86.6 metres rated hydraulic head. Also: 1969 (Stargate SG-1) episode. ... It has been suggested that Hydraulic head (hydrology) and Head (hydraulic) be merged into this article or section. ...

See also

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Australia Portal

• Blowering Dam
• Snowy Mountains Scheme
• Snowy Hydro Limited

Image File history File links Portal. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Model of Spirit of Australia in which Ken Warby set the world water speed record in 1978 on the dam Blowering Dam is on the Tumut River. ... Talbingo Dam The Snowy Mountains Scheme is a massive water diversion, storage and hydro-electric scheme, which takes water from the eastern slopes of the Australian Alps (part of the Great Dividing Range) in eastern Victoria and southern New South Wales through pipes, tunnels and aqueducts into a series of... Snowy Hydro Limited, previously known as the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Authority, is a corporation in Australia jointly owned by the Commonwealth (13%), New South Wales (58%) and Victorian (29%) Governments. ...

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Coordinates: 35°23′59″S 148°14′33″E / -35.39965, 148.24244 Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ...

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• Snowy Hydro page on power stations