Neerabup Power Station is situated on the northern outskirts of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, Western Australia near the locality of
Pinjar and the
Pinjar Power Station
Pinjar Power Station is a power station in Pinjar, on the northern outskirts of Perth, Western Australia and near the locality of Neerabup and the recently commissioned Neerabup Power Station. It is natural gas-powered with nine gas turbines ...
. It is powered by
natural gas
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, and has a total
electrical
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generation
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capacity of 330 MW and includes a 30 km high-pressure gas linepack pipeline connected to the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.
The station was commissioned in October 2009.
References
External links
ERM Powerpage o
Neerabup Power StationERM Power Fact Sheet
Natural gas-fired power stations in Western Australia
Neerabup, Western Australia
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