Ord River Hydro Power Station

Ord River Hydro Power Station is a hydroelectric power station on the Ord River, Western Australia. It has four turbines, with a generating capacity of 30 megawatts (40,000 hp) of electricity.

The power station was completed in April 1997, with four 7.5 megawatts (10,100 hp) turbines. It supplies electricity to the nearby Argyle diamond mine, and the towns of Kununurra and Wyndham.

External links

Pacific Hydro page on Ord River Hydro

Coordinates: 16°07′12″S 128°44′17″E / 16.12000°S 128.73817°E / -16.12000; 128.73817

Energy in Western Australia

Coal	Bluewaters Collie Kwinana Muja Worsley Alumina

Gas	Cockburn Dampier Kwinana Kwinana Co-gen Mungarra Neerabup Newman Pinjar Pinjarra Port Hedland Telfer Gold Mine Wagerup

Major hydro	Ord River Hydro Wellington Dam

Wind farms	Albany Collgar Emu Downs Nine Mile Beach Ten Mile Lagoon Walkaway

Companies	Alinta ATCO ERM Power Griffin Energy Horizon Power Synergy Verve Energy Western Power Rio Tinto Iron Ore

Historical	Fremantle Gas and Coke Company State Electricity Commission of Western Australia State Energy Commission of Western Australia Western Power Corporation

List of power stations in Western Australia

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