Lockyer Energy power station

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Lockyer Energy power station is a cancelled power station in Gatton, Queensland, Australia. It is also known as Lockyer Valley Energy Project.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Lockyer Energy power station Gatton, Queensland, Australia -27.5657, 152.2378 (approximate)[1]

The map below shows the approximate location of the power station.

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Project Details

Table 2: Unit-level details

Unit name Status Fuel(s) Capacity (MW) Technology CHP Start year Retired year
Phase 1 cancelled[2][3] gas[4] 132[4] gas turbine[4][5] not found

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 Parent
Phase 1 Quinbrook Asset Management as Trustee for The Australian Clean Power Trust[4] Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners [100.0%]

Background

In February 2018 the project obtained environmental approval for "one or two turbines, capable of generating between 100-200 MW of power."[6] The project was one of 12 projects shortlisted in March 2019 from 66 registrations of interest in the Australian Government's Underwriting New Generation Investments program, for which "the government is committed to progressing negotiations with a significant number of shortlisted projects by the end of 2019".[7]

The project's sponsor, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, said: "Permits and approvals have been granted for up to 1,000MW of gas peaking generation capacity intended to support the integration of intermittent renewables in the National Electricity Market."[8]

Nonetheless, in October 2019 Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners announced that the project might not go ahead without government funding.[9]

Articles and Resources

References

  1. https://www.google.com/maps/place/27%C2%B033'56.6%22S+152%C2%B014'16.1%22E/@-27.5657086152.2356105695m/data=!3m2!1e3!4b1!4m5!3m4!1s0x0:0x0!8m2!3d-27.5657134!4d152.2377992. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20221104113903/https://www.aemo.com.au/energy-systems/electricity/national-electricity-market-nem/nem-forecasting-and-planning/forecasting-and-planning-data/generation-information. Archived from the original on 04 November 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20230319225704/https://reneweconomy.com.au/we-gave-up-quinbrooks-back-with-big-battery-plans-and-withering-critique-of-taylors-policy-failure/. Archived from the original on 19 March 2023. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  4. 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 https://web.archive.org/web/20221201104920/https://www.quinbrook.com/quinbrook-project/lockyer-energy-project/. Archived from the original on 01 December 2022. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |archive-date= (help); Missing or empty |title= (help)
  5. http://epbcnotices.environment.gov.au/_entity/annotation/aaf97f59-8a80-e711-994c-005056ba00a8/a71d58ad-4cba-48b6-8dab-f3091fc31cd5?t=1599696000333. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  6. Matthew Newton, 1,000MW Lockyer Energy Project gets environmental approval, The Chronicle, 7 Feb 2018.
  7. Underwriting New Generation Investments program, Australian Government Department of the Environment and Energy website, Mar 26, 2019, accessed Nov 15, 2019
  8. Portfolio Lockyer, Quinbrook website, accessed 13 Nov 2019
  9. Angela Macdonald-Smith, 'Dysfunctional' power market is failing: Quinbrook, Australia Financial Review, 29 Sep 2019.

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