Swanbank Power Station, Queensland

Swanbank Power Station is located in Swanbank within South East Queensland, Australia. It is coal, natural gas, and landfill gas powered with a combined generation capacity of 865 MW of electricity.

The coal for Swanbank comes from coalfields in South-East Queensland, by rail and road. The Western Corridor Recycled Water Project supplied water to the power station in August 2007. [ [http://wateronline.com/content/news/article.asp?docid=%7B9E286F91-BBF7-47D4-BD8B-0B8C7152A18C%7D&VNETCOOKIE=NO Bundamba Advanced Water Treatment Plant Begins To Produce Recycled Water] . 31 August 2007. Retrieved on 17 September 2007.]

Components

Swanbank B was commissioned in 1973 with four 120 MW steam turbines, powered by coal. Swanbank E was commissioned in 2002 with a single 385 MW combined cycle gas turbine. [ [http://www.csenergy.com.au/power_stations/ps_swanbank.aspx Swanbank power station] . CS Energy. Retrieved on 25 January 2008.]

Decommissioning

Swanbank A Station, which was one of the coal burning stations, was decommissioned in August 2005. The three 133m high, 7000 tonne concrete smoke stacks were collapsed on August 20th, 2006. All three were collapsed at the same time with a 10 second delay between each stack. The deconstruction and demolition project, undertaken by Trio Industries, was scheduled to be completed in February 2007.

ee also

*List of active power stations in Queensland

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