Collinsville Power Station, Queensland

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Collinsville Power Station is located south of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It has five coal powered steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 190 MW of electricity.

The coal for Collinsville comes from local open-cut mines.

Collinsville was commissioned in 1976 with one 60 MW and four 30 MW steam turbines. These were refurbished in 1999, and upgraded to 66 MW and 31 MW respectively.

[edit] See also

• List of active power stations in Queensland

[edit] External links

• Collinsville Power Station, Queensland is at coordinates 20°32′36″S 147°48′25″E / -20.5434, 147.8069 (Collinsville Power Station, Queensland)Coordinates: 20°32′36″S 147°48′25″E / -20.5434, 147.8069 (Collinsville Power Station, Queensland)
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• Enertrade page on Collinsville
• Collinsville mine

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