Callide Power Station, Queensland

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. [ [http://www.intergen.com/global/callide%20c.php InterGen] page on Callide] . Retrieved 2008-05-18]

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. [ [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-10704258_ITM InterGen & CS Energy Open US$800 MLN Australian Power Project. AsiaPulse News. 05-JUL-2001] Retrieved 2008-05-18] Callide C uses a more efficient "supercritical" boiler technology to burn coal to generate electricity. [ [http://goliath.ecnext.com/coms2/summary_0199-4169594_ITM 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]

ee also

*List of active power stations in Queensland

References

* [http://www.accessmylibrary.com/coms2/summary_0286-28085295_ITM Shell Sells Stake in Project.(Shell Petroleum sells interest in Australian Callide power project). The Oil Daily. 21-JUL-2000] Retrieved 2008-05-18

External links

* [http://www.csenergy.com.au/power_stations/ps_callide.aspx CS Energy] page on Callide