Peaking Power Plant

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Peaking Power Plant is an operating power station of at least 120-megawatts (MW) in Hunter Valley region, New South Wales, Australia. It is also known as HEZ Energy Peaking Power Plant.

Location

Table 1: Project-level location details

Plant name Location Coordinates (WGS 84)
Peaking Power Plant Hunter Valley region, New South Wales, Australia -32.797767, 151.002708 (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 Retired year
1 Operating[2] fossil liquids: diesel[2] 120[2] internal combustion[2] 2036 (planned)[3]

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 Operator Owner Parent
1 Hunter Investment Corporation[2] Hunter Investment Corporation Pty Ltd[2][1] Hunter Investment Corporation Pty Ltd

Project-level captive use details

  • Captive industry use (heat or power): power[1]
  • Captive industry: Industrial Park[1]
  • Non-industry use: power[1]


Articles and Resources

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 https://hezenergy.com.au/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 https://hezenergy.com.au/projects/peaking-power-plant/. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. https://www.aemo.com.au/library/major-publications. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

Additional data

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