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Tods Corner

Hydro power plant in Tasmania, Australia. Approximate location -41.9707, 146.7938.

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Tods Corner is a 2 MW hydro power plant in Tasmania, Australia. It is operated by Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania). Based on reported annual generation of 2 GWh, it can supply roughly 514 homes. It ranks #468 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 4.3% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

2MW installed capacity
2GWh reported / yr
514homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000118.

Reported generation trend

2014: 9 GWh20142015: 6 GWh20152016: 2 GWh20162017: 1 GWh20172018: 2 GWh20189 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Hydro-Electric Corporation (Tasmania). All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This hydro plant converts the energy of falling or flowing water through hydro turbines. It sits in a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 42.0°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

7.7°Cannual mean temp
3,778heating degree-days (base 18°C)
0cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
873 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 13 °CJF: 13 °CFM: 11 °CMA: 8 °CAM: 6 °CMJ: 3 °CJJ: 3 °CJA: 3 °CAS: 5 °CSO: 7 °CON: 9 °CND: 11 °CD13 °C

Heating degree-days here run 54% above the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 81/100 — this site sits in the top third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #72 largest hydro power plant of 73 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 73 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 8,521 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -41.9707, 146.7938 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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