Wairoa Mini-Hydro Scheme

Wairoa Mini-Hydro Scheme

A small mini-hydro located on the discharge from the Watercare Services Wairoa Dam. Generation is 2 x 150kW inline Kaplan turbines.

McMahon Involvement
  • Total hardware design (control systems, LV, MV)
  • Protection design
  • Software design for PLC logic and SCADA
  • Installation supervision
  • Commissioning
Client

Clearwater Hydro

Date

2008-2009

Category

Hydro