Uranquinty Power Station

Uranquinty Power Station
Location of Uranquinty Power Station
Country Australia
Location Uranquinty, New South Wales
Coordinates
Status Peak
Commission date January 2009
Owner(s) Origin Energy
Power station information
Primary fuel Natural gas
Generation units 4 (160 MW each)[1]
Combined cycle? No
Power generation information
Maximum capacity 640 MW

The Uranquinty Power Station is a 640MW gas-fired power station located in Uranquinty, New South Wales, Australia and is the second largest gas-fired power station in New South Wales, which will be used during peak loads in New South Wales. Uranquinty Power Station is the fourth power station to be constructed by NewGen Power which is jointly owned by ERM Power and Babcock and Brown Power at a cost of $500 million dollars[2][3].

On 4 July 2008 Babcock and Brown Power announced that it had sold the 640 megawatt gas-fired Uranquinty power station in NSW for $700 million to Origin Energy.[4][5]

On 19 January 2009 Origin Energy Limited announced that the Uranquinty Power Station was commissioned with eight people employed to operate the facility.[6][7]

References

  1. ^ "Power station in action". Fairfax Media (The Daily Advertiser): p. 5. 21 January 2009. 
  2. ^ "Uranquinty Gas-fired Power Station" (pdf). NewGen Power. http://www.newgenpower.com.au/files/6755-newgenpower-print.pdf. Retrieved 8 June 2008. 
  3. ^ "NewGen plays down Uranquinty power station fears" (html). Australian Broadcasting Corporation. ABC News. 20 April 2007. http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2007/03/20/1876401.htm. Retrieved 8 June 2008. 
  4. ^ "BBP sells power station to repay debt" (html). Fairfax Media. The Age. 4 July 2008. http://news.theage.com.au/business/bbp-sells-power-station-to-repay-debt-20080704-31ks.html. Retrieved 4 July 2008. 
  5. ^ "Babcock & Brown Power Sells Uranquinty Power Station To Origin Energy For A$700 Mln" (html). RTTNews. 3 July 2008. http://www.rttnews.com/Content/BreakingNews.aspx?Node=B1&Id=646778%20&Category=Breaking%20News. Retrieved 4 July 2008. 
  6. ^ Schuller, Helen (19 January 2009). "ORG's Uranquinty Power Station goes online". Macquarie Network (NewsLive). http://www.livenews.com.au/Articles/2009/01/19/ORGs_Uranquinty_Power_Station_goes_online_. Retrieved 20 January 2009. 
  7. ^ "Uranquinty Power Station". Origin Energy. http://www.originenergy.com.au/2724/Uranquinty-Power-Station. Retrieved 25 June 2011. 
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