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Electricity Stations
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Electricity in
Queensland Power Stations
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Generation
Power Stations Queensland's electricity generation is provided by power stations owned by
Government Owned Corporations (GOCs) and a number of private
Transmission companies.
and Distribution
[+] Listed below are the main power stations in Queensland. The megawatt
Retail Market (MW) value for each power station indicates generating capacity.
[+]
Regulation and
Licensing Government owned
On-Supply of
Electricity Stanwell Corporation

National

Stanwell 1,440 MW (4 X 360 MW) - coal-fired, steam cycle
Electricity Market

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Regional
Kareeya - 84 MW (3 X 18 MW, 1 X 22 MW) - hydro

Electricity
Barron Gorge - 60 MW (2 X 30 MW) - hydro

Koombooloomba - 7 MW (1 unit) - hydro
Councils
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Mackay - 34MW (1 unit) - gas turbine
Electricity Retail
Prices Tarong Energy
Full Retail
Competition
Tarong 1,400 MW (4 x 350 MW) - coal-fired, steam cycle

Wivenhoe - 500 MW (2 X 250 MW) - hydro, pumped storage

CS Energy

Callide A 120 MW (4 X 30 MW) - coal-fired, steam cycle (in storage)

Callide B 720 MW (2 x 360 MW) - coal-fired, steam cycle

Swanbank B 480 MW (4 x 120 MW) - coal-fired, steam cycle

Swanbank E - 385 MW (1 unit) - gas-fired, combined cycle gas turbine

Mica Creek - 325MW - CCGT, gas turbine, steam

Kogan Creek - 750MW - coal-fired, supercritical, steam cycle

Ergon Energy

Barcaldine 53MW (1 unit) - gas fired CCGT

Privately owned

Comalco/NRG

Gladstone - 1680 MW (6 x 280 MW) - coal-fired, steam cycle

InterGen

Millmerran - 860 MW (2 x 430 MW) - coal-fired, supercritical steam

cycle

ERM

Braemar 450 MW (3 x 150MW) - gas fuel, open cycle gas turbine

(OCGT)

Transfield

Collinsville - 188 MW (2 x 30 MW, 2 X 31 MW, 1 x 66 MW) - coal-

fired , steam cycle

Yabulu - 220 MW (1 unit) - gas-fired CCGT

Windy Hill - 12MW (20 x 0.6 MW) - wind

Origin Energy

Mount Stuart - 288 MW (2 x 144 MW) - liquid fuel, open cycle gas
turbine (OCGT)

Roma (Origin Energy) - 70 MW (2 x 35 MW) - gas-fired, OCGT

Oakey Power Holdings

Oakey - 320 MW (2 x 160 MW) - liquid/gas fuel, OCGT

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Government Joint Ventures

Callide C (CS Energy/InterGen) - 914 MW (2 x 457 MW) - coal-fired,

super critical steam cycle

Tarong North (Tarong Energy/Mitsui/Tokyo Electric) - 443 MW (1 unit)
- coal-fired, supercritical steam cycle

There are also a number of smaller private power renewable energy

stations located throughout the State with the more significant being in the
sugar milling and mining industries.

The dominance of coal-fired power stations connected to the eastern grid is

due to the abundant supplies of low cost coal in the coastal hinterland from
south to north Queensland. Many of the power stations, for example Callide
A, B and C, Collinsville, Tarong, Tarong North and Millmerran are located
adjacent to their coal suppliers.

Gas is being increasingly used to generate electricity. The Swanbank E and

Yabulu power stations use coal seam methane. The Queensland
Government is implementing a range of measures to increase the
proportion of electricity generated from gas, including the Queensland Gas
Scheme (previously the 13% Gas Scheme).

Bagasse (the fibre residue from crushed sugar cane) is used as a fuel in the
generation of electricity at many of the sugar mills in northern Queensland,
and in a smaller number of mills in south east Queensland. The sugar mills
use most of this electricity in the production of sugar, but an increasing
proportion of surplus power is sold to the network.

A 'wind farm', utilising wind generators to produce electricity, is located at

Windy Hill in far north Queensland. Additional sites in Queensland are being
investigated for suitability as to their future use for wind farm electricity
production.

Photovoltaic cells are increasingly being used in remote area power

supplies.

More than 33 small power stations also provide electricity to remote

communities. These are not connected to the east coast or the Mt Isa
networks. Diesel engines are predominantly used in these power stations.

Diesel engine powered generators are also used to increase the reliability
of supply to rural communities which are connected to the east coast grid
by power lines which are prone to damage, particularly during cyclones.

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