Manapouri Power Station

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hydroelectric power station underground power station

Manapouri Power Station is a large underground hydroelectric power station in Fiordland, New Zealand, renowned for harnessing the waters of Lake Manapouri to generate electricity, primarily for the Tiwai Point aluminium smelter.

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Label	Occurrences
Manapouri Power Station canonical	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	hydroelectric power station ⓘ underground power station ⓘ
access	Manapouri Lake ⓘ surface form: West Arm of Lake Manapouri
associatedCampaign	Save Manapouri campaign ⓘ
associatedWith	Tiwai Point aluminium smelter ⓘ
commissioningDate	1969 ⓘ
connectedTo	New Zealand electricity grid ⓘ surface form: New Zealand National Grid
constructionStartDate	1964 ⓘ
continent	Oceania ⓘ
country	New Zealand ⓘ
dischargeFiord	Doubtful Sound / Patea ⓘ
dischargeLocation	Deep Cove ⓘ
distanceTo	about 10 km from Lake Manapouri to Deep Cove via tailrace tunnels ⓘ
elevationDrop	about 178 metres ⓘ
environmentalManagement	subject to Fiordland National Park protections ⓘ
firstTailraceTunnelCommissioned	1969 ⓘ
fuelType	hydropower ⓘ
fullCommissioningDate	1972 ⓘ
governingLaw	Manapouri-Te Anau Development Act 1963 ⓘ
gridConnectionVoltage	220 kV ⓘ
gridOperator	New Zealand electricity grid ⓘ surface form: Transpower New Zealand
heritageStatus	engineering landmark in New Zealand ⓘ
installedCapacity	about 800 MW ⓘ
locatedIn	Fiordland National Park ⓘ surface form: Fiordland South Island ⓘ Southland ⓘ surface form: Southland Region
locatedNear	Manapouri Lake ⓘ surface form: Lake Manapouri
nearbyTown	Manapouri Lake ⓘ surface form: Manapouri
notableFor	being constructed almost entirely underground ⓘ being one of New Zealand's largest hydroelectric power stations ⓘ environmental controversy over raising Lake Manapouri ⓘ
operator	Meridian Energy ⓘ
ownedBy	Meridian Energy ⓘ
penstockCount	7 ⓘ
plantType	run-of-the-river hydroelectric plant ⓘ
primaryCustomer	Tiwai Point aluminium smelter ⓘ
primaryPurpose	electricity generation ⓘ
region	Fiordland National Park ⓘ
river	Waiau River ⓘ
secondTailraceTunnelCommissioned	2002 ⓘ
status	operational ⓘ
tailraceTunnelCount	2 ⓘ
turbineCount	7 ⓘ
turbineType	Francis turbine ⓘ
undergroundCavernHeight	about 36 metres ⓘ
undergroundCavernLength	about 111 metres ⓘ
undergroundCavernWidth	about 18 metres ⓘ
usesWaterSource	Manapouri Lake ⓘ surface form: Lake Manapouri

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Manapouri Lake → accessPointFor → Manapouri Power Station ⓘ