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The power station machine hall was excavated from solid granite rock 200 metres below the level of Lake ManapÅuri. Two tailrace tunnels take the water that passes through the power station to Deep Cove, a branch of Doubtful Sound, 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) away.
The Save Manapouri campaign was an environmental campaign waged between 1969 and 1972 in ... The single Damn the Dam recorded and released in 1973 by John Hanlon has ...
Manapouri (850 MW) (4,800 GWh) Manapouri does not rely on a high dam to provide water – it takes advantage of the natural 178-metre height difference between Lake Manapouri and the sea at Deep Cove in Doubtful Sound, in Fiordland. The power house is in a cavern, while two tailrace tunnels take the water from the power house 10 km (6 mi) to ...
Lake Manapouri was formed by glaciers during the last Holocene. [6] The lake is New Zealand’s second deepest lake measuring 444 metres (1,457 ft) deep. [3] [7] Lake Manapouri is 178 metres (584 ft) above sea level however due to glaciers, Lake Manapouri has been cut deep into the ground and the bottom of the lake now lies 267 metres (876 ft) below sea level. [3]
The Save Manapouri Campaign was a success and the power station was built without raising the level of the lake outside of its natural range. The highly endangered black stilt , which nests on the braided rivers beds of the South Island, is threatened by changes in river flows as a result of new hydro dams and changes in flow regimes for ...
Manapouri is a small town in Southland / Fiordland, in the southwest corner of the South Island, in New Zealand. The township is the westernmost municipality in New Zealand. [ 3 ] Located at the edge of the Fiordland National Park , on the eastern shore of Lake Manapouri , close to its outflow into the Waiau River , tourist boat services are ...
With a generating capacity of 540 megawatts (720,000 hp), Benmore Power Station is the second largest [1] hydro station in New Zealand behind Manapouri, and the largest dam in the country. Construction of the dam and hydroelectric station began in 1958 at a cost of $62 million.
Graph of New Zealand electricity generation capacity by year. This is a list of power stations in New Zealand.. The list is not exhaustive – only power stations over 0.5 MW and significant power stations below 0.5 MW are listed.