Tallawarra Power Station

Tallawarra Power Station is a 435MW combined cycle natural gas power station in the city of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. Owned and operated by EnergyAustralia, the station is the first of its type in New South Wales and produces electricity for the state during periods of high demand. It is located on the western shore of Lake Illawarra in the suburb of Yallah. The station comprises a 260MW gas turbine and a 160MW steam turbine unit and has a total capacity of. It uses many of the previous power station's structures including the cooling system channels from Lake Illawarra. The power station is connected to the state grid via a 132keV switching station maintained by Integral Energy. TRUenergy has also indicated that an additional power plant is being considered for the site, to be known as Tallawarra B. HistoryTallawarra originally operated as a coal-fired power station beginning in 1954 and reaching full operation by 1961. At its peak, it had a capacity output of. 'A' station had four 30MW Thomson-Houston 2 stage (HP + LP) turbo generators. Steam was supplied by four Simon Carves pulverised fuel boilers at 300, 000lb /h at a pressure of 625psi and a temperature of 865°F. In 1960 "B" station was built having two 100MW English Electric 3-stage turbo generators (No. 5 + 6). The generators were hydrogen-cooled but didn't have any stator water cooling. Steam was supplied by 2 ICAL pulverised coal burning boilers at a rate of 800, 000lb /h at a pressure of 1, 680psi and a temperature of 1, 000°F. The station closed in 1989, and stood abandoned by the foreshore of Lake Illawarra. It was demolished over a ten-year period.

Tallawarra Power Station is a 435MW combined cycle natural gas power station in the city of Shellharbour, New South Wales, Australia. Owned and operated by EnergyAustralia, the station is the first of its type in New South Wales and produces electricity for the state during periods of high demand. It is located on the western shore of Lake Illawarra in the suburb of Yallah. The station comprises a 260MW gas turbine and a 160MW steam turbine unit and has a total capacity of. It uses many of the previous power station's structures including the cooling system channels from Lake Illawarra. The power station is connected to the state grid via a 132keV switching station maintained by Integral Energy. TRUenergy has also indicated that an additional power plant is being considered for the site, to be known as Tallawarra B. HistoryTallawarra originally operated as a coal-fired power station beginning in 1954 and reaching full operation by 1961. At its peak, it had a capacity output of. 'A' station had four 30MW Thomson-Houston 2 stage (HP + LP) turbo generators. Steam was supplied by four Simon Carves pulverised fuel boilers at 300, 000lb /h at a pressure of 625psi and a temperature of 865°F. In 1960 "B" station was built having two 100MW English Electric 3-stage turbo generators (No. 5 + 6). The generators were hydrogen-cooled but didn't have any stator water cooling. Steam was supplied by 2 ICAL pulverised coal burning boilers at a rate of 800, 000lb /h at a pressure of 1, 680psi and a temperature of 1, 000°F. The station closed in 1989, and stood abandoned by the foreshore of Lake Illawarra. It was demolished over a ten-year period.