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Queensland – New South Wales Interconnector
The Queensland – New South Wales Interconnector (QNI) is a 330 kV AC interconnection between New South Wales and Queensland, Australia. The link was commissioned in 2001. It consisted of double-circuit 330 kV lines between Armidale, Dumaresq, Bulli Creek and Braemar Braemar is a village in Aberdeenshire, Scotland, around west of Aberdeen in the Highlands. It is the closest significantly-sized settlement to the upper course of the River Dee, sitting at an elevation of . The Gaelic ''Bràigh Mhàrr'' p ... and a double-circuit 275 kV line between Braemar and Tarong. There is an additional 330 kV Dual Circuit to complement the QNI from Bulli Ck Switching Station (27°55'15.8"S 150°50'34.8"E) via Millmerran Power Station & Switching Stations (27°57'53.7"S 151°16'26.9"E) to Middle Ridge Switching Station & 330/275/110 kV Sub, South of Toowoomba (27°37'22.2"S 151°56'43.0"E). The original maximum transfer capacity was 300 to 350 MW in b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Australia
Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country comprising mainland Australia, the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania and list of islands of Australia, numerous smaller islands. It has a total area of , making it the list of countries and dependencies by area, sixth-largest country in the world and the largest in Oceania. Australia is the world's flattest and driest inhabited continent. It is a megadiverse countries, megadiverse country, and its size gives it a wide variety of landscapes and Climate of Australia, climates including deserts of Australia, deserts in the Outback, interior and forests of Australia, tropical rainforests along the Eastern states of Australia, coast. The ancestors of Aboriginal Australians began arriving from south-east Asia 50,000 to 65,000 years ago, during the Last Glacial Period, last glacial period. By the time of British settlement, Aboriginal Australians spoke 250 distinct l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
New South Wales
New South Wales (commonly abbreviated as NSW) is a States and territories of Australia, state on the Eastern states of Australia, east coast of :Australia. It borders Queensland to the north, Victoria (state), Victoria to the south, and South Australia to the west. Its coast borders the Coral Sea, Coral and Tasman Seas to the east. The Australian Capital Territory and Jervis Bay Territory are Enclave and exclave, enclaves within the state. New South Wales' state capital is Sydney, which is also Australia's most populous city. , the population of New South Wales was over 8.3 million, making it Australia's most populous state. Almost two-thirds of the state's population, 5.3 million, live in the Greater Sydney area. The Colony of New South Wales was founded as a British penal colony in 1788. It originally comprised more than half of the Australian mainland with its Western Australia border, western boundary set at 129th meridian east in 1825. The colony then also includ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Queensland
Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south, respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and the Pacific Ocean; to the state's north is the Torres Strait, separating the Australian mainland from Papua New Guinea, and the Gulf of Carpentaria to the north-west. With an area of , Queensland is the world's List of country subdivisions by area, sixth-largest subnational entity; it List of countries and dependencies by area, is larger than all but 16 countries. Due to its size, Queensland's geographical features and climates are diverse, and include tropical rainforests, rivers, coral reefs, mountain ranges and white sandy beaches in its Tropical climate, tropical and Humid subtropical climate, sub-tropical c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Armidale, New South Wales
Armidale is a city in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. Armidale had a population of 23,967 as of the 2021 census. Estimated resident population, 30 June 2018. It is the administrative centre for the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Northern Tablelands region. It is approximately halfway between Sydney and Brisbane at the junction of the New England Highway and Waterfall Way. Armidale is a rural university town, home to the University of New England (Australia), University of New England (UNE). Armidale is located within the New England Renewable Energy Zones, Renewable Energy Zone, which is expected to bring significant renewable energy development to the area. History Before the British colonial settlement of New South Wales, the Australian Aborigines, indigenous Anaiwan tribe occupied the area that encompasses current day Armidale. British pastoralists first entered the region in the early 1830s, following the earlier exploration of the area by John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dumaresq, New South Wales
Dumaresq is a town in the Northern Tablelands, New South Wales, Australia. It is located approximately 20 km north-west of Armidale, on Boorolong Road. The local council is Armidale Regional Council, it once belonged to Dumaresq Shire, and then Armidale Dumaresq Shire. The town is located within Sandon County Sandon County is one of the 141 cadastral divisions of New South Wales. It is centred on Armidale, and also includes Uralla. Sandon County was named in honour of Dudley Ryder, 1st Earl of Harrowby, Dudley Ryder, First Earl of Harrowby and Visc .... The Great Northern Railway reached Dumaresq in 1884. The passenger station at Dumaresq opened as "Inverella" in 1884, with the name changing to "Eversleigh" in 1885 and finally "Dumaresq" in 1889.Ellsmore, Donald (2002). Ben Lomond Railway Station Conservation Management Plan. Trains no longer go through Dumaresq, as the line is closed north of Armidale. Heritage listings Dumaresq has a heritage-listed site: * 537 Duma ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bulli Creek, Queensland
Bulli Creek is a rural locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. In the , Bulli Creek had "no people or a very low population". Geography The watercourse Bulli Creek, as which the locality is presumably named, rises in the north of the locality and flows north where it becomes a tributary of Western Creek, then Weir River within the Murray-Darling basin. The Gore Highway The Gore Highway is a highway running between Toowoomba and Goondiwindi in Queensland, Australia. Together with Goulburn Valley Highway and Newell Highway, it is a part of the National Highway's Melbourne to Brisbane link. It is signed as Nat ... passes through the locality from east ( Wattle Ridge) to west ( Kindon). Much of the north of the locality is within the Western Creek State Forest while much of the south of the locality is within the Bulli State Forest. The remaining land is used for farming. Demographics In the , Bulli Creek had a population of 6 people. In the , Bulli Cr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Braemar Power Station
Braemar Power Station is a complex of natural gas and coal seam gas fired combined-cycle power stations in Kogan, Western Downs Region, Queensland, Australia. It is near Dalby in the Darling Downs region. Braemar-1 Braemar-1 is a 502 MW open-cycle natural gas turbine plant located south west of Dalby, adjacent to the Kogan Creek Power Station, Queensland – New South Wales high voltage transmission interconnector and Powerlink 320/274 kV substation. It is supplied from the Tipton West coal seam gas fields, with the pipeline between Condamine and Braemar, which is used exclusively to supply the Braemar Power Station.Braemar Power station . Alinta Energy. Retrieved on 7 January 2013. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tarong, Queensland
Tarong is a rural locality in the South Burnett Region, Queensland, Australia. The area is known for the Tarong Power Station which is located next to the Meandu Mine. In the , Tarong had a population of 193 people. History The name ''Tarong'' derives from the name of a pastoral run first used in 1850; it is probably based on an Aboriginal word ''tarum'' meaning ''wild lime tree''. In April 1921, two subdivisions at Nanango and Tarong Estate and Township were advertised for auction by John Darley and Isles, Love and Co. The Tarong Estate, twelve miles from Nanango and Tarong Railway Station offered 25 agricultural farms and 62 town allotments while the Grange Estate, eleven miles from Nanango and 18 miles from Kingaroy in the Parish of Booie offered 15 dairy farms. Tarong State School opened in 1925 and closed circa 1942. In 1951, the school building was relocated to Jonestown West State School. Demographics In the , Tarong had a population of 181 people. In the , Taron ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
TransGrid
Transgrid is the manager and operator of the high voltage electricity transmission network in New South Wales and the Australian Capital Territory, Australia, and is part of the National Electricity Market (NEM). The company's offices are located in Sydney, Newcastle, Orange, Tamworth, Wagga, and Yass. History Transgrid began as the trading name of the Electricity Transmission Authority which was established on 1 February 1995 as a statutory authority under the ''Electricity Transmission Authority Act 1994'', as part of the break-up of the Electricity Commission of New South Wales. The Authority was corporatised in December 1998, by the ''Energy Services Corporations Amendment (Transgrid Corporatisation) Act 1998'', and Transgrid became the actual name of the corporation. In December 2015, a consortium called NSW Electricity Networks was the successful bidder for a 99-year lease of Transgrid's transmission network for $10.3 billion. The consortium consists of two Australia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Powerlink Queensland
Powerlink Queensland (formally the Queensland Electricity Transmission Corporation Limited) is a transmission system operator owned by the Queensland Government which operates high-voltage electricity transmission infrastructure throughout Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ..., Australia. History Powerlink Queensland was created in 1995 after the corporatisation and restructure of the vertically integrated Queensland power industry. It was established under the Government Owned Corporation Act 1993 and is a registered public company under the Corporations Act 2001. Operations Powerlink is a transmission network service provider within the National Electricity Market (NEM). It does not buy or sell electricity; instead it transports it between participants ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alternating Current
Alternating current (AC) is an electric current that periodically reverses direction and changes its magnitude continuously with time, in contrast to direct current (DC), which flows only in one direction. Alternating current is the form in which electric power is delivered to businesses and residences, and it is the form of electrical energy that consumers typically use when they plug kitchen appliances, televisions, Fan (machine), fans and electric lamps into a wall socket. The abbreviations ''AC'' and ''DC'' are often used to mean simply ''alternating'' and ''direct'', respectively, as when they modify ''Electric current, current'' or ''voltage''. The usual waveform of alternating current in most electric power circuits is a sine wave, whose positive half-period corresponds with positive direction of the current and vice versa (the full period is called a ''wave cycle, cycle''). "Alternating current" most commonly refers to power distribution, but a wide range of other appl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Millmerran Power Station
The Millmerran Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Domville, south of Millmerran in the Darling Downs region of Queensland, Australia. The power station was commissioned in 2002 and cost $1.5 billion to build. The power station is owned and operated by InterGen, a multinational company owned by Sev.en Energy, a Czech industrial group and AIG Highstar Capital II, a private equity fund sponsored by a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc. The plant takes advantage of the abundant deposits of bituminous coal from the Surat Basin. Fuel is transported via conveyor belt from the open-cut Commodore Mine. Water is supplied via pipeline from the Wetalla sewage treatment plant in Toowoomba. The 850 MW plant uses air cooling technology to reduce water consumption. In 2002, when the plant became operational, wholesale prices for electricity fell by about one third to $20/MWh. This was due to the market strategy to bid at short run marginal cost - so with high effi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
