Sugarloaf Power Station, Victoria
| Royston Power Station | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°22′26″S 145°51′53″E / 37.37389°S 145.86472°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Operator(s) | AGL Energy |
| Pumped-storage power station | |
| Upper reservoir | Royston Dam |
| 1 | |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 0.8 MW (1,100 hp) |
| Rubicon Power Station | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°19′38″S 145°51′38″E / 37.32722°S 145.86056°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Operator(s) | AGL Energy |
| Pumped-storage power station | |
| Upper reservoir | Rubicon Dam |
| 1 | |
| Pump-generators | 2 |
| Pumps | Single-jet Pelton wheel generators |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 9.2 MW (12,300 hp) |
| Lower Rubicon Power Station | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°18′10″S 145°50′45″E / 37.30278°S 145.84583°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Operator(s) | AGL Energy |
| Pumped-storage power station | |
| 1 | |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 2.7 MW (3,600 hp) |
| Rubicon Falls Power Station | |
|---|---|
| Country | Australia |
| Location | Victoria |
| Coordinates | 37°20′24″S 145°50′52″E / 37.34000°S 145.84778°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Operator(s) | AGL Energy |
| Pumped-storage power station | |
| Upper reservoir | Rubicon Falls Dam |
| 1 | |
| Pump-generators | 1 |
| Pumps | Horizontal twin-jet Pelton wheel |
| Power generation | |
| Nameplate capacity | 0.3 MW (400 hp) |
The Rubicon Hydroelectric Scheme is a small run-of-the-river hydroelectric scheme located on the Rubicon and Royston Rivers, north east of Melbourne, 40 km (25 mi) south-west of Alexandra, Victoria, Australia. The scheme commenced in 1922, and was the first state-owned hydroelectric scheme to generate electricity in mainland Australia, and among the first in the world to be remotely controlled. For the first ten years of its operation it supplied on average 16.9% of electricity generated by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. It is now owned and operated by AGL Energy and contributes approximately 0.02% of Victoria's energy supply.
In the 1920s the State Electricity Commission of Victoria investigated hydroelectric power generation, in parallel with work on brown coal fired power stations at Yallourn. In 1922 a report was delivered by Messrs J.M. and H.E. Coane relating to the development of potential hydro-electric power on the Goulburn River and the Cerberean Range; their findings were then in turn submitted to the Parliament of Victoria for funding, with the more cost effective project approved in 1922.
Known as the Sugarloaf - Rubicon Project, the initial plan involved five power stations, with total turbine capacity of 25,800 horsepower (19.2 MW); it would be the largest power scheme on the State Rivers and Water Supply Commission of Victoria's ongoing construction of Sugarloaf storage reservoir for irrigation. It is now called Lake Eildon. The four other power stations were situated with two on the Rubicon, one on the Royston, and one on Snobs Creek. These plans were later altered, the Snobs Creek station deleted, and an additional station provided at Rubicon Falls, bringing the installed turbine capacity to over 35,000 horsepower (26 MW). The Sugarloaf Power Station generated electricity during the irrigation season from October to April, when water released from this dam could also be used for power generation. The other four power stations were used during the rainy seasons of winter and spring.
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