Roxburgh Dam

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Roxburgh Dam is a major hydroelectric power station in New Zealand’s South Island, known for harnessing the Clutha River / Mata-Au to generate electricity.

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Roxburgh Dam canonical 7

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Predicate Object
instanceOf gravity dam
hydroelectric power station
commissioningDate 1956
constructionStartDate 1949
continent Oceania
country New Zealand
countryCode NZ
linked to: .nz
createsReservoir Lake Roxburgh
damType concrete gravity dam
energyConversionType potential energy of water to electrical energy
gridConnection New Zealand national grid
hasPowerStation Roxburgh Power Station
hasReservoir Lake Roxburgh
hasReservoirUse hydroelectric storage
recreation
hasSpillway yes
installedCapacity 320 MW
languageOfToponym English
locatedIn South Island
locatedInCountrySubdivision Otago Region
locatedInIsland South Island of New Zealand
linked to: South Island
locatedInRegion Otago
locatedNear Alexandra
Roxburgh
locatedOnRiver Clutha River / Mata-Au
managedBy Contact Energy
nearbySettlement Millers Flat
Roxburgh
numberOfTurbines 8
openingDate 1956
operator Contact Energy
ownedBy Contact Energy
partOf New Zealand electricity system
primaryEnergySource hydropower
purpose electricity generation
regionTimeZone NZST
regionTimeZoneDST NZDT
reservoirName Lake Roxburgh
riverBasin Clutha River basin
linked to: Clutha River
riverNameInEnglish Clutha River
riverNameInMāori Mata-Au
significance one of New Zealand’s earliest large hydroelectric schemes
status operational
turbineType Francis turbine
usedFor renewable electricity generation
watercourseDammed Clutha River / Mata-Au

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Roxburgh hasNearbyStructure Roxburgh Dam
Mata-Au hasHydroelectricDam Roxburgh Dam
Mata-Au hasHydroelectricDam Roxburgh Dam
subject linked to: Mata-Au is Māori
Clutha River hasHydroelectricDam Roxburgh Dam
Lake Roxburgh formedBy Roxburgh Dam
Lake Roxburgh hasNearbyStructure Roxburgh Dam