Pinet (power station)


Pinet is a barrage and hydroelectric power station on the River Tarn in Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu in Aveyron, southern France.
The barrage was built in 1932, and the station has five Francis turbines generating 42.5MW. The dam is long and high.

Description

The dam

The dam constructed in 1929 was regulated by 18 groups of vannes secteur. These were replaced by 3 vannes-clapet, in dimension. These gave the dam capacity to cope with crues of up to 4 400 m3/s.

The lake

The barrage raises the level of the Tarn by 40 m and the lake formed, the Lac de Pinet, is at an altitude of 320 m and has a surface area is 1.09 km². It lies in the communes of Saint-Rome-de-Tarn, Viala-du-Tarn and Saint-Victor-et-Melvieu.

The turbine hall

The turbine hall is downstream from the barrage, it contains five Francis turbines which generate.