Collinsville Power Station is located in
Collinsville,
Whitsunday Region,
Queensland,
Australia
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. It had five
coal powered
steam turbines with a combined
generation capacity of 190
MW of
electricity. The coal-fired power station closed in 2013.
A solar power farm generating 42MW has been built on adjacent land.
Solar power
RATCH-Australia, the operator of the plant, is in the process of decommissioning and putting under care and maintenance the Collinsville coal-fired power station. It was investigating options to redevelop the site with one or more new forms of electricity generation.
As of 20 February 2013, RATCH was partnering with the
University of Queensland to investigate replacing all the coal-fired power generators with solar thermal generators.
On 10 July 2014 it was announced that the solar thermal plans for Collinsville would not be proceeding.
On 8 May 2017 it was announced that it will be replaced by a 42MW solar farm.
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UGL Limited has the contracts for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) expected to take 13 months followed by operation and maintenance (O&M) for five years.
Coal-fired
The coal for Collinsville came from local open-cut mines.
Collinsville was commissioned in 1968 with four 30 MW
steam turbines. A 60 MW machine was later commissioned in 1976. These were refurbished in 1999, and upgraded to 66 MW and 31 MW respectively. They were decommissioned by 2018.
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History
It was founded in November 2001 by former senior U.S. official Edward W. Scott, dire ...
estimated this power station emitted 1.34 million tonnes of
greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning
coal. The
Gillard Government announced the introduction of a
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme commencing in 2010 to help
combat climate change, which was expected to impact on emissions from power stations. However the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was repealed by the
Abbott Government in July 2014. The National Pollutant Inventory provided details of other pollutant emissions, but, as at 23 November 2008, not
.
See also
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List of active power stations in Queensland
References
External links
Transfield Services
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Coal-fired power stations in Queensland
Collinsville, Queensland
Power stations in Queensland
1968 establishments in Australia
Energy infrastructure completed in 1968
Solar power stations in Queensland