The Somerset Dam Power Station is a hydroelectric power station at
Somerset
Somerset ( , ), Archaism, archaically Somersetshire ( , , ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in South West England. It is bordered by the Bristol Channel, Gloucestershire, and Bristol to the north, Wiltshire to the east ...
,
South East Queensland
South East Queensland (SEQ) is a Bioregion, bio-geographical, Megalopolis, metropolitan and Statistics, statistical Regions of Queensland, region of the States and territories of Australia, state of Queensland in Australia, with a population of ...
, Australia. The plant is part of the
Somerset Dam
The Somerset Dam is a mass concrete gravity dam with a gated spillway across the Stanley River in Queensland, Australia. It is within the locality of Somerset Dam in the Somerset Region in South East Queensland. The main purpose of the dam i ...
and has a generating capacity of 4.1 megawatts.
It is the oldest grid-connected hydroelectric station still operating in Queensland.
The
2010–2011 Queensland floods
A series of floods hit Queensland, Australia, beginning in December 2010. The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. At least 90 towns and over 200,000 people were affected. Damage initially was estimated at A ...
cause the station to be flooded, requiring a $11.6 million restoration.
It wasn't until 2019 that the plant resumed generating electricity.
See also
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List of active power stations in Queensland
This is a list of active power stations in Queensland, Australia. Candidates for this list must already be commissioned and capable of generating 1 Megawatt, MW or more of electricity. Queensland has a diverse range of
power generating types.
...
References
Hydroelectric power stations in Queensland
Buildings and structures in South East Queensland
1954 establishments in Australia
Energy infrastructure completed in 1954
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