Coal-Fired Plants in Australia - VIC

Anglesea Location: VIC Operator: Alcoa of Australia Configuration: 1 X 160 MW Fuel: brown coal Operation: 1969 Boiler supplier: John Thompson T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Ebasco Quick facts: Anglesea employs approximately 110 people and supplies more than 40% of the power required by Alcoa's Point Henry smelter near Geelong. Fuel is supplied from an open-cut coal mine about 3km away. Photograph courtesy of Alcoa of Australia Posted 6 Jun 2007	Hazelwood Location: VIC Operator: Hazelwood Power Corp Configuration: 8 X 200 MW Fuel: brown coal Operation: 1964-1971 Boiler supplier: Babcock Power T/G supplier: GEC, Parsons Quick facts: Hazelwood power station is in the Latrobe Valley. In 1996, the power station and associated mine were sold for A$2.35bn. The current owners are International Power (91.8% share) and Commonwealth Bank Group (8.2%). . The plant can supply around a quarter of Victoria’s load. Photograph courtesy of International Power plc Posted 1 Sep 2003	Loy Yang-A Location: VIC Operator: Loy Yang Power Management Configuration: 4 X 500 MW Fuel: brown coal Operation: 1985-1987 Boiler supplier: ICL T/G supplier: BBC, Siemens Quick facts: Loy Yang A was sold in May 1997 as part of the Victorian Government's privatisation strategy. In Apr 2004, the plant was was sold to the Great Energy Alliance Corporation (GEAC) consisting of AGL, Tokyo Electric Power Co and a group of investors led by the Commonwealth Bank of Australia. Photograph courtesy of Loy Yang Power Management Posted 18 Apr 2004
Loy Yang-B Location: VIC Operator: International Power Australia Configuration: 2 X 500 MW Fuel: brown coal Operation: 1993-1996 Boiler supplier: ICL, Transfield T/G supplier: Hitachi Quick facts: Sold in 1995 to Mission Energy and resold to a 70:30 partnership of International Power and Mitsui.as part of a large deal in Dec 2004. Photograph courtesy of Edison Mission Holdings Posted 19 May 2001	Morwell Location: VIC Operator: Energy Brix Australia Configuration: 1 X 20 MW, 3 X 30 MW, 1 X 60 MW Fuel: brown coal Operation: 1958-1962 Boiler supplier: Mitchell T/G supplier: M-V, Stal Photograph courtesy of SEC Victoria Posted 16 Feb 2003	Yallourn-W Location: VIC Operator: Yallourn Energy Pty Ltd Configuration: 2 X 360 MW, 2 X 380 MW Fuel: brown coal Operation: 1973-1982 Boiler supplier: John Thompson, ICL T/G supplier: Toshiba Quick facts: ABB Australia managed A$50mn I&C modernization program for Yallourn completed in 2006. The station's natural draft cooling towers were the first of their kind in Australia. Photograph courtesy of Yallourn Energy Pty Ltd Posted 29 Jul 2004

Abbreviations

Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base

Updated 01/16/11

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