Jeeralang Power Station is a

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power station with a capacity of near

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. The station is a peaking facility which is used only during periods of peak demand, and is also used as a

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facility to restore power to the grid in the event of major system failure. As a result, the actual

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of the station is less than 5%. The power station was built by the

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in response to the scaling back of Newport D power station from to , as a result of community concerns and union bans. Jeeralang consists of seven gas turbines configured to operate in single cycle mode. Jeeralang A was built between 1977 and 1979 and consists of four Siemens Industries V93.1 gas turbines with a combined capacity of . Jeeralang B was built between 1978 and 1980 and consists of three Alstom Atlantique MS-9001 gas turbines with a combined capacity of . The power station is currently operated by Ecogen Energy and was purchased by EnergyAustralia in April 2018.

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{{EnergyVictoria Natural gas-fired power stations in Victoria (Australia) Morwell, Victoria