Townsville Power Station

19°12′00″S 146°37′08″E / 19.2°S 146.619°E / -19.2; 146.619StatusOpenedCommission date1999Owner(s)RATCH-AustraliaThermal power station Primary fuelCoal seam gasCombined cycle?YesPower generation Units operational1Nameplate capacity242 MWExternal linksWebsiteOfficial website

Townsville Power Station is located in Yabulu, an industrial suburb of Townsville. The station is owned by RATCH-Australia. The station has a 160 MW Siemens turbine and an 82 MW heat recovery steam generator.

The station was built in the late 1990s as an open-cycle plant and was upgraded to combined-cycle operation in 2005.

See also

• List of power stations in Queensland

References