Liddell power station

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Liddell power station
Lake Liddell with power stations.jpg
location
Liddell Power Plant (Australia)
Liddell power station
Coordinates 32 ° 22 '18 "  S , 150 ° 58' 40"  O Coordinates: 32 ° 22 '18 "  S , 150 ° 58' 40"  O
country AustraliaAustralia Australia
Data
Type Thermal power plant
Primary energy Fossil energy
fuel Hard coal
power 2 GW
owner AGL Energy
operator AGL Energy
Start of operations 1971
Energy fed in 2008 11,135 GWh
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The power plant Liddell ( English Liddell Power Station ) is a coal power plant in New South Wales , Australia . It is about 100 kilometers northwest of Newcastle between the towns of Muswellbrook and Singleton in the Hunter Valley in an area with many coal mines . The power plant is owned by AGL Energy also operated and used by AGL Energy. In April 2015, AGL announced that Liddell would be shut down in 2022.

The power plant is located on the southwestern shore of Lake Liddell , which was built as a cooling water reservoir . The water comes from the Hunter River . Together with the Bayswater power station one kilometer away , the Liddell power station produces around 30% of New South Wales' energy needs.

Data

With an installed capacity of 2  GW , Liddell is one of the most powerful power plants in Australia. Annual generation fluctuates: in 2003 it was 8.969 billion  kWh and in 2008 it was 11.135 billion kWh. The consumption of hard coal varies accordingly: in 2003 it was 4.47 million t and in 2008 it was 5.58 million t. Liddell serves to cover the base load .

Power plant units

The power plant consists of a total of four units that went into operation from 1971 to 1973. The following table gives an overview:

block Max. Power (MW) Start of operation turbine generator Steam boiler
1 500 1971 GE GE CE
2 500 1972 GE GE CE
3 500 1972 GE GE CE
4th 500 1973 GE GE CE

The maximum output of the four blocks was originally 500 MW each; In 2017, AGL announced that due to the age of the turbines, the output was only 420 MW each.

See also

Web links

Commons : Kraftwerk Liddell  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ AGL Macquarie Power Stations. AGL Energy , accessed June 16, 2019 .
  2. ^ AGL Macquarie Power Stations. In: AGL. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
  3. ↑ Macquarie Generation. In: NSW Office of Water. Retrieved June 16, 2019 .
  4. ↑ a b Liddell Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed June 16, 2019 .
  5. ^ Liddell power plant operating below 40 per cent capacity, faces 'mammoth' woes. www.theage.com.au, September 7, 2017, accessed June 16, 2019 .