The Tinaroo Hydro Power Station is an electricity power station in
Tinaroo,
Tablelands Region
The Tablelands Region is a Local government in Australia, local government area in Far North Queensland, Australia inland from the city of Cairns, Queensland, Cairns. Established in 2008, it was preceded by four previous local government areas ...
,
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...
, Australia. It is located at the spillway of
Tinaroo Dam
The Tinaroo Dam, officially the Tinaroo Falls Dam, is a major ungated concrete gravity dam, gravity dam with a Spillway#Types, central ogee spillway across the Barron River (Queensland), Barron River located on the Atherton Tableland in Far Nor ...
. It has been designed to take advantage of water being released for irrigation, and water released when the dam is full. It was opened in 2004.
See also
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List of active power stations in Queensland
References
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Energy infrastructure completed in 2004
Hydroelectric power stations in Queensland
Buildings and structures in Far North Queensland