Liddell Power Station
Liddell Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired thermal power station that had four 500 megawatts (670,000 hp) EE steam-driven turbine alternators, providing a combined electrical capacity of 2,000 megawatts (2,700,000 hp).
| Liddell Power Station | |
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Liddell Power Station in 2006 | |
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| Location | near Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 32°22′19″S 150°58′38″E |
| Status | Decommissioned |
| Commission date | 1971–1973 |
| Decommission date | 28 April 2023 |
| Owner(s) | AGL Energy |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Secondary fuel | Oil |
| Turbine technology | Steam turbine; Gas turbine |
| Cooling source | Lake Liddell |
| Power generation | |
| Make and model | English Electric Company |
| Units decommissioned | 4 × 500 megawatts (670,000 hp) 2 × 25 megawatts (34,000 hp) 1 × 0.85 megawatts (1,140 hp) mini-hydro |
| Nameplate capacity | 2051 MW |
| Capacity factor | 51.02% (average 2017–2021) |
| Annual net output | 8,938 GW·h (average 2017–2021) |
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Its operating capacity was assessed at 1,680 megawatts (2,250,000 hp) in April 2018. Commissioned between 1971 and 1973, the station is located adjacent to Lake Liddell, near Muswellbrook in the Hunter Valley of Australia.
Unit 3 was taken out of service on 1 April 2022. Subsequently, Unit 4 was decommissioned on 24 April 2023, followed by Unit 2 on 26 April 2023. The last unit, Unit 1, was removed from service on 28 April 2023.
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