Wallerawang Power Station

Wallerawang Power Station
Wallerawang Power Station in 2007
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CountryAustralia
LocationWallerawang, New South Wales
Coordinates33°24′14″S 150°5′4″E / 33.40389°S 150.08444°E / -33.40389; 150.08444
StatusDecommissioned
Commission dateMay 1957; 67 years ago (1957-05) (A)
1961; 63 years ago (1961) (B)
1976; 48 years ago (1976) (C)
Decommission dateJanuary 2013; 11 years ago (2013-01) (A)
April 2014; 10 years ago (2014-04) (B)
November 2014; 10 years ago (2014-11) (C)
OwnerEnergyAustralia
Thermal power station
Primary fuelThermal coal
Power generation
Units operational2
Make and modelCA Parsons & Company
Nameplate capacity1,000 megawatts (1,300,000 hp)
External links
WebsiteMt Piper & Wallerawang Power Stations at www.energyaustralia.com.au
CommonsRelated media on Commons
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Wallerawang Power Station was a thermal coal power station, located near Wallerawang, in the Central Tablelands region of New South Wales, Australia. The power station was equipped with two turbo-alternators of 500 megawatts (670,000 hp) each, supplied by CA Parsons & Company of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England. Production commenced in May 1957.[1]

In July 2013, EnergyAustralia acquired Wallerawang Power Station, along with Mount Piper Power Station, from Delta Electricity for $160 million.[2] Due to dwindling demand, the first of the two generating units had been mothballed in January 2013, and the second in April 2014. In November 2014, EnergyAustralia announced that it would permanently close Wallerawang due to ongoing reduced energy demand, lack of access to competitively priced coal and the power station's high operating costs.[3] EnergyAustralia began the process of removing useful equipment from the station in 2015.[4][5] The plant was finally demolished in 2021 using controlled demolition.[6]

  1. ^ Wallerawang Power Station Railway Transportation June 1957 page 23
  2. ^ "EnergyAustralia acquires Mt Piper and Wallerawang power stations". EnergyAustralia. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  3. ^ "Closure of Wallerawang power station". EnergyAustralia. Archived from the original on 17 February 2017. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  4. ^ "Salvage program to begin at Wallerawang power station". EnergyAustralia. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  5. ^ "Wallerawang Power Station to be demolished". Lithgow Mercury. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 16 February 2017.
  6. ^ "NSW power station smokestacks demolished to make way for renewable energy hub". Seven News. 24 November 2021.