Callide Power Station, Queensland
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Callide Power Station is located near Biloela, in Central Queensland, Australia. It is coal powered with eight steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 1,720 MW of electricity.
The coal for Callide comes from the nearby Callide Coalfields and water from the Awoonga dam and Stag Creek Pipeline.[1]
Callide A was commissioned in 1965 and refurbished in 1998. It has four 30 MW steam turbines. Callide A has been in storage since 2001. Callide B was commissioned in 1988 with two 350 MW steam turbines.
The Callide Power Plant (a.k.a. Callide C) was commissioned in 2001 with two 450 MW advanced cycle steam tubines.[2] Callide C uses a more efficient "supercritical" boiler technology to burn coal to generate electricity.[3]
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[edit] References
- ^ InterGen page on Callide]. Retrieved 2008-05-18
- ^ InterGen & CS Energy Open US$800 MLN Australian Power Project. AsiaPulse News. 05-JUL-2001 Retrieved 2008-05-18
- ^ Australia joins the supercritical ranks: although a country with a coal-based power industry, Australia has taken up supercritical technologies surprisingly late. However, once started there seems to be no stopping. Here we look at a series of new supercritical developments that have been commissioned in the coal country of Queensland. Modern Power Systems 01-APR-2005 Retrieved 2008-05-18
- Shell Sells Stake in Project.(Shell Petroleum sells interest in Australian Callide power project). The Oil Daily. 21-JUL-2000 Retrieved 2008-05-18
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- Callide Power Station, Queensland is at coordinates Coordinates:
- CS Energy page on Callide
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