Manapouri Hydroelectric Power Station

The Manapouri Power Station is an underground hydroelectric power station and the largest hydroelectric plant in New Zealand. It is located on New Zealand's South Island on the western side arm of Lake Manapouri in Fiordland National Park. The majority of the produced electrical energy (about 610 MW) is 160 km southeast consumed for extraction of aluminum near Bluff.

According to the original plans from the 60s for the use of the lake for water power provided for the raising of the water level by 30 meters; In addition, the Lake Manapouri and the somewhat farther north, Lake Te Anau should be merged to form a large lake. Massive protests of the New Zealand population against the planned destruction of the environment prevented these plans. Today's power plant was built in 1963 largely underground. Because flow problems in tunnels to Doubtful Sound, the power plant could only produce a power output of 1972 MW 585 instead of the planned 700 MW after its entry into service. Only a second underground connecting tunnel, which was completed in 2002, the capacity increased to 850 MW.

The client was the company Fletcher Construction.

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  • The Manapouri Power Station - Meridian Energy ( English language, retrieved on September 22, 2012)

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  • Water storage power station in Australia and Oceania
  • Building in New Zealand
  • Southland
  • Built in the 1970s
  • Built in the 2000s
  • Environment and Conservation (New Zealand)
Underground power station Aluminium Bluff, New Zealand
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