Swanbank Power Station, Queensland
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Swanbank Power Station is located in 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.
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.
Swanbank A Station, which was the coal burning station, was decomishined in August 2006, with the three cooling towers being imploded on August 20th, 2006.
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