Photo above: The Gordon Dam in south-west Tasmania
This page gives an index to posts about, followed by an overview of, the electricity system of Tasmania, which is mainly hydro-electric, but with reliance on the interconnector (Basslink) with the mainland during drought conditions. Tasmania sometimes has a surplus, exported via Basslink.
Posts on Basslink
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/13/misuse-of-basslink-in-2015/
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/16/the-return-of-basslink/
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/18/the-return-of-basslink-part-2/
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/23/basslink-data-prior-to-outage/
Posts on Hydro Storage Levels
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/05/25/tasmanian-hydro-storage-levels/
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/03/restoration-of-tasmanias-gordon-hydro-reservoir/
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/11/status-of-the-derwent-hydro-basin-in-tasmania/
Posts on Electricity Generation
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/05/tasmanian-electricity-generation-may-to-october-2015/
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/06/08/tasmanian-electricity-system-status-report-01/
- https://climanrecon.wordpress.com/2016/12/10/tasmanian-electricity-system-status-report-02/
HYDRO OVERVIEW
The major hydroelectric system catchments of Tasmania are shown in the following map:
The Australian Met Office (BoM) provides daily weather data (currently data back to May 2015 are readily available online) for the stations in Tasmania shown in the following map, several of which are ideal for monitoring rainfall in the hydro catchments:
Source of map above: http://www.bom.gov.au/tas/tas-observations-map.shtml
DERWENT BASIN MONTHLY RAINFALL
Monthly average rainfall for Lake St. Clair National Park is shown below. This location is ideal for monitoring inflow into the large storage lakes of the Derwent basin, in particular Lake St. Clair, but note that rainfall is generally lower in the Lower Derwent region.
Source: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_096071.shtml
GORDON BASIN MONTHLY RAINFALL
Monthly average rainfall for Strathgordon Village, near Lake Gordon, is shown below.
Source: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_097053.shtml
ESK BASIN MONTHLY RAINFALL
Monthly average rainfall for Liawenee, near Great Lake, is shown below.
Source: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_096033.shtml
PIEMAN/KING MONTHLY RAINFALL
Median (note not mean, not available from BoM) monthly rainfall at Mt. Read is shown below:
Source: http://www.bom.gov.au/climate/averages/tables/cw_097085.shtml
An overview and details of the electricity generators in Tasmania can be found by starting with the following top-level link:
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