Northern Power Station (South Australia)

This article is about the power station in South Australia. For the power station in Sri Lanka, see Northern Power Station (Sri Lanka).

Northern Power Station
Map
CountryAustralia
LocationPort Paterson, South Australia[1]
Coordinates32°32′34″S 137°47′15″E / 32.5429°S 137.7874°E / -32.5429; 137.7874
StatusClosed and completely demolished
Commission date1985
Decommission date
  • May 2016
Owners
OperatorsAlinta Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Turbine technology
Chimneys
  • 1
Cooling source
Power generation
Units operational0
Units decommissioned2 × 260 MW
Nameplate capacity
  • 520 MW
External links
Websitealintaenergy.com.au/assets/generation/flinders/
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Northern Power Station was located at Port Paterson in the Australian state of South Australia about 6 kilometres (3.7 mi) south of the city centre of Port Augusta.[1] It was coal powered with two 260 MW steam turbines that generated a total of 520 MW of electricity. It was operated and maintained by Alinta Energy and was commissioned in 1985.[2] Northern received coal by rail from the Leigh Creek Coal Mine, 280 km to the north. The plant ceased electricity production in May 2016 and decommissioned and demolished over the following few years.

  1. ^ a b "Search result for "Port Paterson (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0040645) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Government of South Australia. Archived from the original on 12 October 2016. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ^ "Port Augusta Power Stations | Flinders Operations". alintaenergy.com.au. Retrieved 27 December 2015.