Townsville Power Station
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Townsville Power Station | |
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Country | Australia |
Location | Yabulu, Queensland |
Coordinates | 19°12′00″S 146°37′08″E / 19.2°S 146.619°E |
Status | Opened |
Commission date | 1999 |
Owner | RATCH-Australia |
Thermal power station | |
Primary fuel | Coal seam gas |
Combined cycle? | Yes |
Power generation | |
Units operational | 1 |
Nameplate capacity | 242 MW |
External links | |
Website | Official website |
Townsville Power Station is located in Yabulu, an industrial suburb of Townsville. The station is owned by RATCH-Australia. The station has a 160 MW Siemens turbine and an 82 MW heat recovery steam generator.
The station was built in the late 1990s as an open-cycle plant and was upgraded to combined-cycle operation in 2005.