Gladstone Power Station

Gladstone Power Station
Power house of the Gladstone Power Station seen from helicopter
Map
Location of the Gladstone Power Station in Queensland
CountryAustralia
LocationGladstone, Queensland
Coordinates23°51′03″S 151°13′10″E / 23.85083°S 151.21944°E / -23.85083; 151.21944
StatusOperational
Commission date1976
Construction cost$508 million
OwnersRio Tinto (42.125%)
NRG Energy (37.5%)
SLMA GPS (8.50%)
Ryowa II GPS (7.125%)
YKK GPS (4.75%)
OperatorsNRG Gladstone Operating Services
Glenn Schumacher (manager)
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Power generation
Units operational6 x 280 MW
Make and modelParsons
Fuji
Siemens
Nameplate capacity1,680 MW
External links
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The NRG Gladstone Power Station is a power station at Callemondah, Gladstone, Queensland, Australia. It is Queensland's largest power station, with six coal powered steam turbines generating a maximum of 1,680 MW of electricity.[1] Power from the station was first generated in 1976.

This fossil fuel power plant draws seawater for cooling. Black coal is brought by rail from the Rolleston coal mine, 200 kilometres (120 mi) west of Rockhampton.[2]

  1. ^ Power Stations Archived 2007-08-31 at the Wayback Machine. 2007. Queensland Department of Mines and Energy. Retrieved on 2 October 2007.
  2. ^ About us Archived 2007-09-05 at the Wayback Machine 2006. Wesfarmers. Retrieved on 2 October 2007.