Munmorah Power Station, New South Wales

Munmorah Power Station

Munmorah Power Station is a coal fired power station on the shores of Lake Munmorah. It has two steam turbines that generate a total capacity of 600 MW of electricity.

The station was originally built with four 350 MW generators, and had a total capacity of 1,400 MW. One generator was completed in 1967, another in 1968, and the remaining two in 1969. The generators were de-rated in the 1980s to 300 MW each, and the oldest two units were shut down in 1990.

Munmorah uses salt water from Lake Munmorah for cooling. The coal for Munmorah comes from two local underground mines, and is delivered by conveyor.

In September 2007, the New South Wales State Government announced the commencement of a trial of 'clean coal' technology at Munmorah Power Station. The $5 million trial by the CSIRO and Delta Electricity will be the first part of a larger $150 million trial jointly funded by the coal companies.^[1]

See also

• Lake Munmorah
• Eraring power station
• Vales Point power station

External links

Coordinates: 33°′″S 151°′″E / -33.211782, 151.542160

• Maps and aerial photos
  • Street map from Street Directory, Google Maps, MSN Maps and Multimap.
  • Satellite image from Google Maps, WikiMapia and MSN Live Local.
  • Topographic and bathymetric map from Bonzle Digital Atlas of Australia.
• Delta Electricity page on Munmorah

References

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