Leichhardt Power Station is a 60 MW

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near

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in the Australian state of

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. The gas-fired power station was completed in 2014 and is capable of operating on diesel if gas is not available. It contains a single Rolls-Royce Trent 60 gas turbine. It is adjacent to the larger combined cycle Diamantina Power Station for which it provides backup. The power station was built under an engineering, procurement and construction contract by

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. Mount Isa is not on the

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, but does have piped natural gas from production in southern Queensland supplied via the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline. Both Diamantina and Leichhardt power stations are owned by

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. APA Group bought out its 50% equity partner AGL Energy on 31 March 2016 for . It retained the long-term gas supply contract with AGL.

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