Bayswater Power Station
| Bayswater Power Station | |
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 Bayswater Power Station with coal |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Hunter Region, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 32°23′45″S 150°56′57″E / 32.39583°S 150.94917°ECoordinates: 32°23′45″S 150°56′57″E / 32.39583°S 150.94917°E |
| Commission date | 1985 |
| Owner(s) | Macquarie Generation |
| Power station information | |
| Primary fuel | Bituminous coal |
| Generation units | 4 x 660 MW |
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| Installed capacity | 2,640 MW |
Bayswater Power Station is located 16 kilometres (10 mi) from Muswellbrook, and 28 km (17 mi) from Singleton in the Hunter Region of New South Wales, Australia. Bayswater shares the title of being Australia's largest power station with Eraring Power Station. It is coal powered with four steam driven turbo alternators with a combined generating capacity of 2,640MW (4 x 660MW). Much of the coal is supplied by overland conveyors from mines it shares with the nearby Liddell Power Station.
Bayswater draws its cooling water from the Hunter River under water entitlements negotiated with the government of New South Wales. The Barnard River Scheme also allows Bayswater and Liddell to transfer water from the upper Manning River catchment into the Hunter River for their use.
The four generating units were completed progressively over 1985 and 1986.
Coal Consumption is around 8Mtpa and produces around 17,000 GWhs of electricity a year. This is enough power for 2 million average Australian homes and families.
Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 19.80 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.[1] The Australian Government has announced the introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme commencing in 2010 to help combat climate change. It is expected to impact on emissions from power stations. The National Pollutant Inventory provides details of other pollutant emissions, but, as at 23 November 2008, not CO2.
In 2009, the power station was the subject of what the Australian Broadcasting Corporation described as "the first ever legal action aimed at curbing greenhouse gas pollution from a coal-fired power station". Environmental activist Pete Gray went to the Land and Environment Court of New South Wales, asking it to find that the power station had been "wilfully or negligently disposing of waste [...] by emitting carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in a manner that has harmed or is likely to harm the environment in contravention of section 115(1) of the Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997", and sought an injunction against the station. The case, Gray and Anor v Macquarie Generation, was ongoing at the time of Gray's death from cancer in April 2011.[2][3][4][5][6]
Boilers
- Steam Pressure 16,550 kPa
- Steam Temperature 540 degrees
- Height 80 metres
Turbo Alternators
- Number in use: 4
- Manufacturer: Tokyo Shibaura Electric Company, (Toshiba) Limited, Japan.
- Operating Speed 3,000 rpm
- Alternator voltage 23kV
- Rating: 660 000 kVA (660 MW)
- Length 50 metres
- Weight 1.342 kT
Turbine House
- Length 510 metres
- Height 38 metres
- Width 40 metres
Emission Stacks
- Height 248 metres
- Diameter at base 23 metres
- Diameter at top 12 metres
Cooling Towers
- Height 132 metres
- Diameter at base 100 metres
- Diameter at top 52 metres
[edit] References
- ^ [1]. Carbon Monitoring for Action. Retrieved on 23 November 2008
- ^ "Greenhouse gas laws disputed in court", Australian Broadcasting Corporation, 27 July 2009
- ^ "Remembering Pete Gray", Greenpeace Australia Pacific, 2 May 2011
- ^ "Peter Gray & Naomi Hodgson v Macquarie Generation", Environmental Defender's Office New South Wales
- ^ "Power firm sued over carbon emissions", Sydney Morning Herald, 28 July 2009
- ^ Gray and Anor v Macquarie Generation, Land and Environment Court of New South Wales
[edit] External links
- Macquarie Generation page on Bayswater
- http://peter.neal.id.au/blog/10/webguide-1-nsw-power-stations
- http://www.phoenix-inst.com.au - emission monitoring equipment
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