Stanwell power station

The Stanwell power station is a 1,434 megawatt (MW) coal-fired power station which is owned and operated by the government-owned generator, Stanwell Corporation. The power station, which comprises four 350 MW generating units, is located 22 kilometres west of Rockhampton in Central Queensland. The first generating unit was commissioned in 1993 with the station becoming fully operational in 1996.

Water supply for the power station is drawn from the Fitzroy River. The company states that the power station burns approximately 4 million tonnes a year of "low sulphur black coal sourced from various Central Queensland mines".

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External resources

 * Stanwell Corporation, "Stanwell Power Station", Stanwell Corporation, October 2008.