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List of power stations in Tasmania

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This is a list of active power stations in Tasmania, Australia. Candidates for this list must already be commissioned and capable of generating 1-megawatt (1,300 hp) or more of electricity.

Gas

Gas turbine

These gas turbine power stations use gas combustion to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

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Power station Coordinates Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Ref.
MW hp
Tamar Valley 41°8′24″S 146°54′20.16″E 210281,615 5 Natural gas Yes
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Note that the above three power stations are in fact the same power station listed upon commissioning after conversion to gas and recommissioning after a turbine upgrade. It has been decommissioned since 2009.

Gas (reciprocating)

These power stations use gas combustion in reciprocating engines to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

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Power station Coordinates Max. capacity Engines Fuel type Ref.
MW hp
McRobies Gully, South Hobart 11,341 1 Landfill gas
Launceston General Hospital, Launceston 22,682 1 Natural gas
Jackson Street, Glenorchy 1.62,146 1 Landfill gas
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Hydroelectric

These hydroelectric power stations use the flow of water to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

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Power station River/lake Coordinates Max. capacity Turbines Type Ref.
MW hp
Bastyan Pieman River 41°44′5″S 145°31′55″E 79.9107,148 1 Conventional [1]
Butlers Gorge River Derwent 42°16′1″S 146°15′42″E 12.216,360 1 Conventional [2]
Catagunya River Derwent 42°27′8″S 146°35′52″E 4864,369 2 ROR [3]
Cethana Lake Cethana 41°28′47″S 146°8′1″E 90120,692 1 Conventional [4]
Cluny River Derwent 42°30′23″S 146°40′52″E 1722,797 1 Conventional [5]
Devils Gate Lake Barrington 41°21′1″S 146°15′48″E 6080,461 1 Conventional [6]
Fisher Fisher River 41°40′24″S 146°16′06″E 43.257,932 1 Conventional [7]
Gordon Gordon River 42°43′50″S 145°58′35″E 432579,322 3 Conventional [8]
Huntsman Lake 41°41′30″S 146°37′12″E 1.952,615 1 Mini
John Butters King River 42°9′17″S 145°32′3″E 144193,107 1 Conventional [9]
Lake Echo River Derwent 42°15′13″S 146°37′13″E 32.443,449 1 Conventional [10]
Lake Margaret Lake Margaret 41°59′24″S 145°34′48″E 8.4011,265 1 Conventional [11]
Lemonthyme Lake Parangana 41°36′14″S 146°08′19″E 5168,392 1 Conventional [12]
Liapootah River Derwent 42°22′35″S 146°30′36″E 87.3117,071 3 ROR [13]
Mackintosh Pieman River 41°41′56″S 145°38′36″E 79.9107,148 1 Conventional [14]
Meadowbank River Derwent 42°36′46″S 146°50′39″E 4053,641 1 ROR [15]
Midlands 42°6′42.86″S 147°18′24.64″E 68,046 1 Mini [16]
Nieterana River Derwent 42°15′36″S 146°15′36″E 2.22,950 1 Mini [17]
Paloona Lake Paloona 41°16′59″S 146°14′56″E 2837,549 1 Conventional [18]
Poatina Great Lake 41°48′42″S 146°55′8″E 300402,307 6 Conventional [19]
Reece Pieman River 41°43′25″S 145°8′10″E 231.2310,044 2 Conventional [20]
Repulse River Derwent 42°30′25″S 146°38′45″E 2837,549 1 Conventional [21]
Rowallan Lake Rowallan 41°43′49″S 146°12′49″E 10.514,081 1 Conventional [22]
Tarraleah River Derwent 42°18′5″S 146°27′27″E 90120,692 6 PSH [23]
Tods Corner Great Lake 41°48′42″S 146°55′08″E 1.72,280 1 Mini
Trevallyn Lake Trevallyn/South Esk River 41°25′26″S 147°6′41″E 90120,692 4 ROR [24]
Tribute Pieman River 41°49′01″S 145°39′02″E 84112,646 1 Conventional [25]
Tungatinah River Derwent 42°16′26″S 146°27′42″E 125167,628 5 Conventional [26]
Wayatinah River Derwent 42°25′41″S 146°32′00″E 38.2551,294 3 ROR [27]
Wilmot Wilmot River 41°28′49″S 146°7′23″E 30.641,035 1 Conventional [28]
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Wind farms

These wind farm power stations use the power of the wind to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

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