Galilee Power project

The Galilee Power project is a proposed 900 megawatt coal-fired power station associated with Waratah Coal's proposed China First coal mine proposal. Waratah Coal is a subsidiary of Clive Palmer's Mineralogy Pty Ltd, to build a new 40 million tonnes a year thermal coal export project. The proposed $1.25 billion project would be located approximately 30 kilometres west of Alpha in the Galilee Basin in Central Queensland, Australia.

The power station has been declared a significant project by the State’s Coordinator-General, Colin Jensen. It has been proposed that the project be developed in two stages and utilise waste coal from the proposed mine. It has also been proposed that the project would incorporate Carbon Capture and Storage. In September 2009 the cost of the project was estimated to be $1.25 billion and employ "up to 1,000 jobs" during construction and 60 when operating.

Project details
The state government states that the power station, which has been proposed as comprising two 450 megawatt units, would be built in two stages with the second stage "dependent on demand". The first stage is proposed to be commissioned by 2017. However, the government notes that the "geosequestration of CO2" is proposed to be in the western Galilee Basin but that the $1.25 billion power station pricetag excludes the cost of CCS.

In a departmental media release Jensen stated that the power station "would need to meet the criteria of the State Government’s Climate Q: Towards a greener Queensland strategy, which is focused on moving Queensland towards a low-carbon future".

Queensland Department of Employment, Economic Development and Innovation Project website
Website for Gallilee Power project: http://www.deedi.qld.gov.au/cg/galilee-basin-power-station.html

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