Redbank Power Station, New South Wales

Redbank Power Station, New South Wales

Redbank Power Station is located near Singleton, in the Hunter Valley, New South Wales, Australia. It is coal powered with one steam driven turbo generator with a capacity of 151MW of electricity.

Originally Redbank Power Station was promoted as being at the cutting edge of environmental technology, but has been criticised by environmentalists for producing more CO2 than other types of coal-fired power station. [http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196531708.html] The first stage of the Redbank project was taken to the Land and Environment Court in 1994 over claims by environmentalists that it didn't meet its own standards. The claim was dismissed by the court.

Redbank draws its cooling water from the Hunter River.

Redbank is fuelled by beneficiated, dewatered tailings from the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rio_Tinto_Coal_Australia#Mount_Thorley_Warkworth Mount Thorley Warkworth mine] at Warkworth, New South Wales, delivered by conveyor. In lay terms this is the part of the coal waste which would otherwise not be utilised, and simply buried as the mines progress.

According to Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA), in 2007 Redbank emitted more climate change and global warming causing greenhouse gases per unit of electricity generated than any other power station in Australia [ http://carma.org/dig accessed 30 May 2008 ] . However no data from the actual plant, operator or Australian Government is actually used to base these approximate assumptions on. CARMA uses a statistical model that predicts CO2 emissions given the size, age, fuel type, estimated capacity utilization, and engineering specifications of individual plants.

The power station is located at -32.58°, 151.072°

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External links

* [http://www.redbankpower.com.au/ Redbank Power] http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/05/19/1053196531708.html 20 May 2003


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