Munmorah Power Station
| Munmorah Power Station | |
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 Munmorah Power Station |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | near Doyalson, Lake Munmorah, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 33°12′42.41″S 151°32′31.78″E / 33.2117806°S 151.5421611°ECoordinates: 33°12′42.41″S 151°32′31.78″E / 33.2117806°S 151.5421611°E |
| Status | Baseload |
| Commission date | 1967 |
| Owner(s) | Delta Electricity |
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| Reactors operational | 300 MW |
| Power station information | |
| Primary fuel | Bituminous coal |
| Generation units | 2 |
| Power generation information | |
| Maximum capacity | 600 MW |
Munmorah Power Station is a coal fired electricity power station with two 300 MW English Electric steam driven turbo-alternators for a combined capacity of 600.01 MW. The station is located near Doyalson, on the shores of Lake Munmorah, New South Wales, Australia and is owned and operated by Delta Electricity, a company owned by the New South Wales Government.
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[edit] History and facilities
The station was originally built with four English Electric 350 MW turbo-alternators, and had a total capacity of 1,400 MW. One unit was completed in 1967, another in 1968, and the remaining two in 1969. The alternators were de-rated in the 1980s to 300 MW each, and the oldest two units were shut down in 1990.
Munmorah uses salt water from Lake Munmorah for cooling. The coal for Munmorah comes from two local underground mines, and is delivered by conveyor belt.
In September 2007, the New South Wales State Government announced the commencement of a trial of 'clean coal' technology at Munmorah Power Station. The A$5 million trial by the CSIRO and Delta Electricity is the first part of a larger A$150 million trial jointly funded by the coal companies.[1]
On 15 October 2007, 15 Greenpeace activists entered the power station property and switched off one of the conveyor belts as a protest against the climate change policies of the Liberal Party of Australia and Australian Labor Party in the run up to the 2007 federal election.[2]
As at 2012, Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 4.246 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.[3]
[edit] References
- ^ Wilkinson, Marian (27 September 2007). "NSW trial for clean power from coal". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/nsw-trial-for-clean-power-from-coal/2007/09/26/1190486395876.html. Retrieved 28 September 2007.
- ^ Welch, Dylan (15 November 2007). "Activists seize coal plant". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/11/15/1194766806351.html. Retrieved 15 November 2007.
- ^ "Plant overview: Munmorah". Carbon Monitoring for Action. Center for Global Development. 2007. http://carma.org/plant/detail/29872. Retrieved 30 January 2012.
[edit] See also
- Lake Munmorah
- Eraring power station
- Vales Point power station
- Colongra Gas Generation Plant
- Delta Electricity - Government-owned corporation that is the holding company for Munmorah Power Station
[edit] External links
- Delta Electricity page on Munmorah
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