Mortlake Power Station

Mortlake Power Station
Location of Mortlake Power Station
Country	Australia
Location	Mortlake, Victoria
Coordinates	38°4′0″S 142°48′0″E / 38.066667°S 142.8°E / -38.066667; 142.8Coordinates: 38°4′0″S 142°48′0″E / 38.066667°S 142.8°E / -38.066667; 142.8
Status	construction
Commission date	2011[1]
Owner(s)	Origin Energy
Power station information
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Combined cycle?	No
Power generation information
Maximum capacity	550 MW

The Mortlake Power Station is a 550MW open cycle gas fired power station being developed by Origin Energy, located 12km west of Mortlake, Victoria.^[2]

Construction of the $640 million power station began in 2008, and is located on approximately 20 hectares of land with an extensive buffer zone around it. Although approvals have been gained for approximately 1,000 MW, the Mortlake Power Station will be built in two stages adjacent to the existing Moorabool to Heywood 500 kV high voltage transmission line. The plant will be supplied with natural gas via a 83 km dedicated underground natural gas transmission pipeline from the new gas processing plant being built near Port Campbell, as part of the offshore Otway Gas Project.^[2]

References

1. ^ "Mortlake Power Station Update". Moyne Shire Council. April 2011. http://www.moyne.vic.gov.au/Files/Mortlake_Power_Station_Update_April_2011.pdf. 
2. ^ ^{a b} "Mortlake Power Station". Origin Energy. http://www.originenergy.com.au/1376/Mortlake-Power-Station-Project. Retrieved 21 May 2011. 

External links

• Origin Energy website