Revelstoke Dam Opens Its Spillway
06-26-2012, 05:48 PM
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Revelstoke Dam Opens Its Spillway
The awesome power of water:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6mGU0W_2tU
Photo Gallery: http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/159358495.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U6mGU0W_2tU
Photo Gallery: http://www.bclocalnews.com/news/159358495.html
Revy Dam Info:
The hydroelectric complex is comprised of a 175-metre high concrete gravity dam in Little Dalles Canyon, a 122-metre high earthfill dam on the west bank of the river, and a powerhouse in the riverbed, immediately downstream of the concrete dam.
The powerhouse has four large generating units, in service since 1984. Each unit has a capacity of 460,750 kW. There is provision to add two more units when required. Individually the units have the largest capacity of any in Hydro's system. The concrete powerhouse is 213 metres long, 50 metres wide and 60 metres high.
The fifth unit adds 500 MW of dependable capacity to the generating station. The Revelstoke Dam and Generating Station represents about 21 per cent of BC Hydro's capacity to produce electricity.
The reservoir created by the dam extends 130 kilometres back to the tailwaters of the Mica Dam. It has a surface area of 11,534 hectares. Since regulated release water from Mica provides almost three-quarters of the inflow into the reservoir, the Revelstoke power plant operates as a run-of-the-river plant, with normal maximum fluctuations in the reservoir level of 4.5 metres.
The Revelstoke Generating Station, located about 130 km downstream from Mica, has an installed capacity of 1,843,000 kW, with provision for an ultimate capacity of 2,764,500 kW, which would make it the most powerful hydroelectric development in British Columbia.
The hydroelectric complex is comprised of a 175-metre high concrete gravity dam in Little Dalles Canyon, a 122-metre high earthfill dam on the west bank of the river, and a powerhouse in the riverbed, immediately downstream of the concrete dam.
The powerhouse has four large generating units, in service since 1984. Each unit has a capacity of 460,750 kW. There is provision to add two more units when required. Individually the units have the largest capacity of any in Hydro's system. The concrete powerhouse is 213 metres long, 50 metres wide and 60 metres high.
The fifth unit adds 500 MW of dependable capacity to the generating station. The Revelstoke Dam and Generating Station represents about 21 per cent of BC Hydro's capacity to produce electricity.
The reservoir created by the dam extends 130 kilometres back to the tailwaters of the Mica Dam. It has a surface area of 11,534 hectares. Since regulated release water from Mica provides almost three-quarters of the inflow into the reservoir, the Revelstoke power plant operates as a run-of-the-river plant, with normal maximum fluctuations in the reservoir level of 4.5 metres.
The Revelstoke Generating Station, located about 130 km downstream from Mica, has an installed capacity of 1,843,000 kW, with provision for an ultimate capacity of 2,764,500 kW, which would make it the most powerful hydroelectric development in British Columbia.
