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Hume Power Station - NSW

A 12 gate spill Nov 2022

99% full Oct 8th 2016

10 of 29 spillway gates open - Oct 2016

Power station

Aerial view

Generator room

Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -36.106621 147.032974

DMS: 36º 06' 23.83" S 147º 01' 58.71" E

UTM: 55 H 6004225mN 502968mE

Altitude: 179m

Address & Contact

Lake Hume Village NSW 3691

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Information

Located at the left abutment of the 3000 GL Hume dam as a formless but functional 50's style concrete building. Completed in 1957 as part of the upgrade to the dam, two 25 MW units began service. More or less continuous large daily releases of 5 to 15 GL for irrigation are required from Sept to April so the station runs 24/7. From May to August the dam is filling and only a minimal release of 400 ML/day is made.
The head on the turbines at maximum water level in the dam is only about 30 m, so the large flow of water is needed to produce power. Thus a linear flow of 25 cumecs thrusts against each of the Kaplan turbines which are shaped like a ships propeller. The water pressure forces them to rotate and being connected to the generator both spin at the same rpm. Electric energy is produced as the generator rotor makes a magnetic field sweep across the windings of the stator and induce an alternating current in them. The power is the multiple of the output voltage and the current.

PlaceID	52467

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Hume Reservoir at 02/09:00am EST

Distance from Hume Power Station 0.3km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
10.9°C	9.8°C	75%	6.7°C	hPa	0.0mm	SSE	2km/hr 1knots	km/hr knots

Closest Climatic Station

Hume Reservoir

Distance from Hume Power Station 0.3km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	30.8	30.4	27.0	21.7	16.7	13.0	12.2	14.2	17.3	21.0	25.0	28.5
Mean Min. °C	16.4	16.5	13.8	10.0	7.0	4.8	3.9	4.9	6.7	9.1	11.7	14.3
Mean Rain mm	45.2	43.8	45.6	51.2	58.5	67.6	76.8	76.3	61.6	69.3	53.1	49.5