Cockburn power station

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Cockburn power station is an operating power station of at least 240-megawatts (MW) in Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Cockburn power station Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia -32.2001, 115.7737 (exact)[1]

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Unit-level coordinates (WGS 84):

  • Unit 1: -32.2001, 115.7737

Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Unit 1 operating[2] fossil gas - natural gas[3] 240[4] combined cycle[4] 2003[5]

CHP is an abbreviation for Combined Heat and Power. It is a technology that produces electricity and thermal energy at high efficiencies. Coal units track this information in the Captive Use section when known.

Table 3: Unit-level ownership and operator details

Unit name Owner
Unit 1 Electricity Retail and Generation Corp [100.0%]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20230103182122/https://datasets.wri.org/dataset/globalpowerplantdatabase. Archived from the original on 03 January 2023. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221029104440/https://www.synergy.net.au/About-us/Who-we-are/What-we-do/Electricity-generation/Power-stations. Archived from the original on 29 October 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20210603163403/https://ieefa.org/western-australia-utility-sees-major-losses-coming-with-coal-gas-fleet-increasingly-uncompetitive/. Archived from the original on 03 June 2021. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 https://web.archive.org/web/20220521224015/https://new.abb.com/power-generation/references/taking-control-of-information-management---cockburn-combined-cycle-power-plant-in-western-australia. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. https://web.archive.org/web/20240405060702/https://www.globalenergyobservatory.org/geoid/40754. Archived from the original on 05 April 2024. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)

Additional data

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