The Mortlake Power Station is a 566 MW open cycle gas-fired power station developed by
Origin Energy
Origin Energy an ASX listed public company with headquarters in Sydney. It is a major integrated electricity generator, and electricity and natural gas retailer. It operates Australia’s largest coal-fired power station at Lake Macquarie, Ne ...
, located 12 km west of
Mortlake, Victoria
Mortlake is a town in the Western District of Victoria, Australia on the Hamilton Highway, north-east of Warrnambool. It is in the Shire of Moyne local government area and the federal Division of Wannon. At the 2001 census, Mortlake had a pop ...
.
Construction of the $640 million power station began in 2008. It was initially due to be operational in 2010, and was completed in August 2012.
The plant is located on approximately 20 hectares of land with an extensive buffer zone around it. Although approvals were gained for approximately , the Mortlake Power Station was built to provide 566MW. It is adjacent to the existing Moorabool to Heywood 500 kV high voltage transmission line. The plant is supplied with natural gas via an 83 km dedicated underground natural gas transmission pipeline from the
Otway Gas Plant near
Port Campbell
Port Campbell () is a coastal town in Victoria, Australia. The town is on the Great Ocean Road, west of the Twelve Apostles, in the Shire of Corangamite. At the , Port Campbell had a population of 478.
History
The port and the town are name ...
, as part of the offshore
Otway Gas Project.
One of the major assets that takes power from this station in at times is the
Alcoa Portland Smelter.
References
External links
Electricity generation – Origin Energy
Natural gas-fired power stations in Victoria (state)
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