| Swanbank Power Station | |
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Swanbank Power Station |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Ipswich, Queensland |
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| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1973 (Swanbank B) 2002 (Swanbank E) |
| Decommission date | 2005 (Swanbank A) |
| Owner(s) | CS Energy |
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| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Natural gas |
| Tertiary fuel | Landfill gas |
| Combined cycle? | yes |
| GHG emissions | 4.28 million tonnes |
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| Installed capacity | 865 MW |
Swanbank Power Station is located in Swanbank within 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, including New Acland Mine, by rail and road. Water is supplied from Lake Moogerah and the Western Corridor Recycled Water Project began to supply the power station with water in August 2007.[1]
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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.[2] The gas turbine of Swanbank E was the largest of its type at the time of its commissioning.[3]
In 2011, Swanbank E set a world record for the continuous operation of an Alstom GT26 gas turbine.[3] It had been running for 254 days when it was shut down on 9 July 2011 for planned maintenance.
Swanbank A Station, which was one of the coal burning stations, was decommissioned in August 2005. The three 133 m high, 7000 tonne concrete smoke stacks were collapsed on 20 August 2006. All three were collapsed at the same time with a 10 second delay between each stack. The deconstruction and demolition project, undertaken by Trio Industries, was scheduled to be completed in February 2007.
In July 2008, Greenpeace activists occupied the smoke stacks of one of the remaining stations, vandalizing a message for government leaders to "Go Solar".
Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 4.28 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.[4] The National Pollutant Inventory provides details of other pollutant emissions, but, as at 23 November 2008, not CO2.
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