Wallerawang Power Station, New South Wales
- Wallerawang Power Station, New South Wales
Infobox_Power_Station
image_size= 250
caption=
station_name=Wallerawang Power Station
location=Near Wallerawang, New South Wales
owner=Delta Electricity
fuel_type=
technology=Steam Turbine
turbines=2
turbine_capacity=500 MW
max_capacity=1,000 MW
commissioned=
decommissioned=
status=Baseload
Wallerawang Power Station is located near Wallerawang, in the Central West of New South Wales, Australia. It is coal powered with two steam turbines with a combined generating capacity of 1,000 MW of electricity.Wallerawang was originally built with four 30 MW generators, completed in 1957-1959, which were referred to as Wallerawang A. Wallerawang B consisted of two 60 MW generators completed in 1961. Wallerawang A and B have both been decommissioned. The two 500 MW units in the current Wallerawang C station were completed in 1976 and 1980.
Wallerawang draws its cooling water from Lake Wallace and Lake Lyell, fresh water lakes on the Cox's River.
The coal for Wallerawang comes from mines in the local area, delivered by private road. 75% of the coal comes from the Angus Place colliery.
External links
*Delta Electricity page on [http://www.de.com.au/default.aspx?FolderID=191&ArticleID=262 Wallerawang]
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