Munmorah Power Station, New South Wales
- Munmorah Power Station, New South Wales
Munmorah Power Station is a coal fired power station on the shores of Lake Munmorah. It has two steam turbines that generate a total capacity of 600 MW of electricity.
The station was originally built with four 350 MW generators, and had a total capacity of 1,400 MW. One generator was completed in 1967, another in 1968, and the remaining two in 1969. The generators were de-rated in the 1980s to 300 MW each, and the oldest two units were shut down in 1990.
Munmorah uses salt water from Lake Munmorah for cooling. The coal for Munmorah comes from two local underground mines, and is delivered by conveyor belt.
In September 2007, the New South Wales State Government announced the commencement of a trial of 'clean coal' technology at Munmorah Power Station. The $5 million trial by the CSIRO and Delta Electricity will be the first part of a larger $150 million trial jointly funded by the coal companies.[cite web|work=Sydney Morning Herald| title=NSW trial for clean power from coal|url=http://www.smh.com.au/news/environment/nsw-trial-for-clean-power-from-coal/2007/09/26/1190486395876.html| accessdate=28 September| accessyear=2007] ]On 15 October 2007, 15 Greenpeace activists entered the power station property and switched off one of the conveyor belts, in a protest against the climate change policies of the Liberal Party of Australia and Australian Labor Party in the run up to the 2007 federal election. [cite news
last = Welch
first = Dylan
title = Activists seize coal plant
publisher = Sydney Morning Herald
date = 2007-11-15
url = http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2007/11/15/1194766806351.html
accessdate = 2007-11-15]
See also
* Lake Munmorah
* Eraring power station
* Vales Point power station
External links
*Delta Electricity page on [http://www.de.com.au/default.aspx?FolderID=193&ArticleID=265 Munmorah]
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