Millmerran Power Station, Queensland

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The Millmerran Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Queensland. The power station was commissioned in 2002 and cost $1.5 billion to build. The power station is owned and operated by InterGen, a multinational company owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and AIG Highstar Capital II, a private equity fund sponsored by a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.^{[1] [2]}

The plant takes advantage of the abundant deposits of bituminous coal from the Surat Basin. Fuel is transported via conveyor belt from the open-cut Commodore Mine.^[3]

The 850 MW plant uses air cooling technology to reduce water consumption. Due to its efficiency in 2006 when the plant became operational, wholesale prices for electricity fell by about one third to $20/MWh.^[4]

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• List of active power stations in Queensland

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