Cardinia Dam Power Station is a small hydroelectric power station at
Cardinia Reservoir
Cardinia Reservoir is an Australian man-made water supply saddle dam reservoir. The water store is located in Emerald–Clematis– Dewhurst in south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria. Construction started in May 1970 and was completed in ...
near
Melbourne
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, Australia. It is located at the outlet of the pipeline transferring water from
Silvan Reservoir
The Silvan Reservoir is located in Silvan about east of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. It has a capacity of . The reservoir is operated by Melbourne Water.
Operations
Silvan is an off-stream storage reservoir, meaning that most of the wate ...
. It is capable of producing of electricity and is owned by
Pacific Energy
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References
Hydroelectric power stations in Victoria (state)
Buildings and structures in the Shire of Cardinia
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