Cockburn Cement Plant (Munster) power station

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Cockburn Cement Plant (Munster) power station is a coal-fired plant at the Cockburn cement plan in Munster, Western Australia, Australia.

Location

The satellite photo below shows the location of the plant in Munster, Western Australia, Australia.

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Background on Plant

The coal-fired Cockburn Cement Plant in Munster became the largest producer of quicklime in Western Australia with the commissioning of a new 400,000-tons-per-year kiln in 1997. The facility contains the only coal-fired plant in the Perth area but citizens groups have been unable to get much data about the coal plant from the Clean Energy Regulator, which collects and publishes data on facility level emissions, because the National Energy and Greenhouse Reporting Act 2007 allows for polluters to apply for commercially sensitive information to be withheld from the public. In May 2020 Cockburn Cement announced that it would be converting the power plant to run on gas instead of coal. The conversion is scheduled for early 2021.

Plant Details

• Sponsor: Cockburn Cement
• Parent company: Adelaide Brighton Limited
• Location: Munster, Western Australia, Australia
• Coordinates: -32.1493192, 115.8001581 (exact)
• Status: Operating
• Gross capacity: unknown
• Type:
• In service: 1997
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• Coal source:
• Source of financing:

Articles and resources

Related GEM.wiki articles

• Australia and coal
• Carbon Capture and Storage in Australia

External resources

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