Bayswater Power Station

Bayswater Power Station is owned by Macquarie Generation a government-owned business which was established in 1996 and boasts that it is "Australia's largest electricity generator."

The Bayswater power station was commissioned between 1982 and 1984 and generates 2,640 megawatts from four 660MW generating units. The power station consumes approximately 7.5 million tonnes per year.

Flyash management
On its website Conneq Industrial Infrastructure states that it "manages operations and maintenance of the fly ash handling and disposal system" at Macquarie Generation's Bayswater Power Station, New South Wales. The company states that it "is responsible for the plant and equipment which removes fly ash from the station fabric filter plant and pneumatically conveys the material to an adjacent dense phase slurry plant. Conneq is also responsible for the survey, repair and maintenance of the station’s pulverised fuel milling plant." Conneq states that it has been operating at the power station since 1997. Conneq is a member of the Ash Development Association of Australia, a lobby group promoting the use of coal-fired power station waste in building and other materials.

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