Collie Power Station Explained

Country:Australia
Location:Collie, Western Australia
Owner:Synergy[1]
Status:O
Th Fuel Primary:Coal
Ps Electrical Capacity:340 MW
Commissioned:4 June 1999
Decommissioned:2027 (announced)

Collie Power Station is a power station in Collie, Western Australia. It is coal powered with one steam turbine that generates a total capacity of 300 megawatts of electricity. The coal is mined locally[2] from the Collie Sub-basin and is transported to the power plant by overland conveyor. On 14 June 2022 the state government announced that Synergy would close Collie Power Station by 2027.[3]

The station was commissioned in 1999 with a single 300 megawatts steam turbine.[4] Power generated by the station supplies the south-west of Australia through the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) operated by Western Power.[5]

In the financial year of 2008/2009, the station consumed approximately 1e6t of coal. Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates that, in 2009, Collie Power Station emitted NaNe6t of to generate NaNTWh of electricity.[6]

In household consumer terms, this equates to of emitted for each one kilowatt-hour (kWh), or 1abbr=offNaNabbr=off, of electricity produced and fed into the electricity grid. That is, Collie Power Station emits slightly less per kilowatt-hour of electricity produced than nearby closing Muja Power Station (1.14kg (02.51lb)) but more than also nearby Bluewaters Power Station (0.825kg (01.819lb)) based on estimates for the same year.

Two grid batteries are being built at the site; a 219 MW / 877 MWh (4-hour) to reduce the solar duck curve,[7] and a 500 MW / 2000 MWh (4-hour).[8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Electricity Generation and Retail Corporation trading as Synergy, Electricity Generation Licence (EGL7), 2017 Asset Management System Review Report. 16 May 2017. PDF. Deloitte Risk Advisory Pty Ltd. Economic Regulation Authority. 28 August 2018. 1 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180401023225/https://www.erawa.com.au/cproot/17984/2/Electricity%20Generation%20and%20Retail%20Corporation%20trading%20as%20Synergy%202017%20Asset%20Management%20System%20Review%20report.PDF. live.
  2. Web site: Energy. South West Development Commission. Government of Western Australia. 28 August 2018. 28 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828203247/http://www.swdc.wa.gov.au/economy/powering-business.aspx. dead.
  3. News: Synergy coal power stations including Muja to close as WA Government prioritises renewable energy . Daniel . Mercer . 2022-06-14 . ABC News . Australian Broadcasting Corporation . 2022-06-14.
  4. Web site: Official opening of the Collie Power Station. 4 June 1999. Government of Western Australia. Government of Western Australia. 28 August 2018. 28 August 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180828102357/https://www.mediastatements.wa.gov.au/Pages/Court/1999/06/Official-opening-of-the-Collie-Power-Station.aspx. live.
  5. Web site: Upper Collie Water Management Plan Issue Scoping Report. PDF. June 2007. Beckwith Environmental Planning Pty Ltd. Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. 28 August 2018. 1 April 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180401055624/http://water.wa.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0011/4421/76223.pdf. live.
  6. Web site: Carbon Monitoring for Action (CARMA) Database v3.0. July 2012. Center for Global Development. 28 August 2018. 7 February 2009. https://web.archive.org/web/20090207091615/http://carma.org/plant/detail/9063. dead.
  7. Web site: First stage of Australia’s biggest battery project energised to start flattening solar duck . RenewEconomy . en-AU . 15 July 2024.
  8. Web site: Construction starts on Australia’s biggest battery, to replace Collie coal . RenewEconomy . en-AU . 15 March 2024.

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