Uranquinty Power Station

35°10′49″S 147°13′00″E / 35.180333°S 147.2166°E / -35.180333; 147.2166StatusOperationalCommission dateJanuary 2009Owner(s)Origin EnergyThermal power station Primary fuelNatural gasPower generation Units operational4 (160 MW (210,000 hp) each)^[1]Make and modelSiemensNameplate capacity640 MW (860,000 hp)External linksCommonsRelated media on Commons

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The Uranquinty Power Station is a 640-megawatt (860,000 hp) natural gas-fired power station located in Uranquinty, New South Wales, Australia, comprising four Siemens V94.2 gas turbines. It is the second largest gas-fired power station in New South Wales, and is used during peak loads.

Uranquinty Power Station was the fourth power station to be constructed by NewGen Power which was jointly owned by ERM Power and Babcock & Brown Power at a cost of $500 million.^[2]^[3]

On 4 July 2008 Babcock & Brown Power announced that it had sold the Uranquinty power station for $700 million to Origin Energy.^[4]^[5]

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

References

^ "Power station in action". The Daily Advertiser. Wagga Wagga. 21 January 2009. p. 5.
^ "Uranquinty Gas-fired Power Station" (PDF). NewGen Power. Archived from the original (pdf) on 19 July 2008. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
^ "NewGen plays down Uranquinty power station fears". ABC News. Australia. 20 April 2007. Retrieved 8 June 2008.
^ "BBP sells power station to repay debt". The Age. 4 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
^ "Babcock & Brown Power Sells Uranquinty Power Station To Origin Energy For A$700 Mln". RTTNews. 3 July 2008. Retrieved 4 July 2008.
^ Schuller, Helen (19 January 2009). "ORG's Uranquinty Power Station goes online". Macquarie Network. NewsLive. Archived from the original on 2 March 2009. Retrieved 20 January 2009.
^ "Uranquinty Power Station". Origin Energy. Retrieved 25 June 2011.

External links

Uranquinty at Origin Energy website

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Uranquinty Power Station.

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