Ord River Hydro Power Station - WA

  Tourist Attraction

Position

DEG: -16.119891 128.738168
DMS: 16º 07' 11.6" S 128º 44' 17.43" E
UTM: 52 K 8217785mN 472003mE
Altitude: 74m

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Lake Argyle Rd
Lake Argyle WA 6743
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As the East Kimberley region grew, so did the demand for electricity.

In 1996, Ord Hydro Pty Ltd constructed a 30 megawatt hydro-power station providing a clean and renewable energy source. The station is located at the base of the Ord River Dam.

The power station was designed to utilise four turbines and two 15 megawatt generators to give a station output of 30 MW This produces more that 220 gigawatt hours of electricity per annum.

Ord Hydro now supplies renewable energy to the Argyle Village, Wyndham, Kununurra and the Argyle Diamond mine.

The installation of this hydroelectricity power station has reduced the consumption of diesel fuel in the East Kimberley by about 60 million litres per year.
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Closest Weather Station

Kununurra Airport at 13/04:00am WST
Distance from Ord River Hydro Power Station 37.73km N
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
25.5°C29.4°C93%24.3°C1009.6hPa-mmSSW11km/hr
6knots
13km/hr
7knots

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Kununurra Aero
Distance from Ord River Hydro Power Station 37.73km N
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C35.934.935.535.232.730.130.532.636.538.538.937.1
Mean Min. °C25.124.824.221.918.815.715.215.920.023.525.225.4
Mean Rain mm198.6210.6154.730.47.03.61.70.13.123.661.3135.9

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