Callide Power Station, Queensland
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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.
Callide A was commissioned in 1965 and refurbished in 1998. It has four 30 MW steam turbines. 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.
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- CS Energy page on Callide