Mount Stuart Power Station

Mount Stuart Power Station
Location	Townsville, Australia
Status	Operational
Commission date	December 1998

Power station information
Primary fuel	Fuel oil

Power generation information
Installed capacity	414 MW

The Mount Stuart Power Station is a power station located in Townsville, Australia. The station runs on kerosene with three gas turbines that generate a combined capacity of 414 MW of electricity.^[1] Mount Stuart was commissioned in December 1998, and operates as a peaking plant. It currently runs on kerosene, but can be converted to natural gas.

Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 0.34 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year.^[2]

References

^ Mt Stuart Power Station. Origin Energy. Retrieved on 10 October 2011
^ Plant Overview:Mount Stuart. Carbon Monitoring for Action. Retrieved on 23 November 2008

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