Osborne Power Station

Osborne Power Station
Location of Osborne Power Station in Greater Adelaide
Country Australia
Location Osborne, South Australia
Coordinates 34°47′53″S 138°30′28″E / 34.79806°S 138.50778°E / -34.79806; 138.50778Coordinates: 34°47′53″S 138°30′28″E / 34.79806°S 138.50778°E / -34.79806; 138.50778
Commission date 1998
Owner(s) Origin Energy and ATCO
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Natural gas
Type Turbine
Combined cycle? Yes
Power generation
Units operational 1
Nameplate capacity 180 MW

The Osborne Power Station is located in Osborne, a northwestern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia.

Current

Today's Osborne Power Station is natural gas powered with one gas turbine and one steam turbine that together generate 180 MW of electricity. In addition to the electricity generated, Osborne produces 410 tonnes/hour of steam. Until Penrice closed in 2014, steam was used by Penrice Soda Products, a soda ash producer, making the power station Australia's largest cogeneration facility.[1]

Osborne was commissioned in 1998 with one 120 MW combined cycle gas turbine and one 60 MW steam turbine, using gas from the Cooper Basin. It is owned 50% by ATCO and 50% by Origin Energy.[2]

Former

Osborne 'A' Power Station was opened in August 1923 by the Adelaide Electric Supply Company, who leased 24 acres of swamp land on the Harbors Board for an 84-year term.[3] The boilers in this power station used black coal imported from New South Wales, but was later modified to burn the poorer quality Leigh Creek, South Australia coal. The Adelaide Electric Supply Company was later being nationalised to become the Electricity Trust of South Australia.[4]

Work on the Osborne 'B' Power Station on the same site started in 1947 and was completed soon after.[5] The plant was decommissioned in 1989-90,[6] and demolished from 1998.[7]

References

  1. "$175m cogeneration plant boost to SA's power supply". Boral Limited. 19 February 1999. Retrieved 18 June 2015.
  2. Origin Energy Australia (15 May 2009). "Origin acquires 180 MW long term power purchase agreement in South Australia". originenergy.com.au. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  3. Alison Painter. "12 August 1923 Osborne Power Station". Celebrating South Australia. Professional Historians Association (SA). Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  4. "Port Augusta : major industries : electricity". samemory.sa.gov.au. 3 Feb 2010. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  5. "Contribution on Australia" (PDF). A Dictionary on Electricity. ewh.ieee.org. 1996. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  6. Industry Commission (17 May 1991). "Energy Generation and Distribution (Report No. 11)" (PDF). pc.gov.au. Retrieved 9 December 2011.
  7. "EWN Publishing | South Australian Tenders". erisk.net. 30 October 1998. Retrieved 9 December 2011.

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