Collinsville Power Station

Collinsville Power Station is located south of Townsville, Queensland, Australia. It had five coal powered steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 190 MW of electricity. The coal-fired power station closed in 2013. [1]A solar power farm generating 42MW has been built on adjacent land.

Collinsville Solar Farm
CountryAustralia
LocationCollinsville, Queensland
Coordinates20°32′36″S 147°48′25″E
StatusOperational
Commission date2018
Owner(s)
Solar farm
TypeFlat-panel PV
Power generation
Nameplate capacity42 MW
External links
Websitecollinsvillesolar.com.au

Solar power

RATCH-Australia, the operator of the plant, is in the process of decommissioning and putting under care and maintenance the Collinsville coal-fired power station. It was investigating options to redevelop the site with one or more new forms of electricity generation.[2] As of 20 February 2013, RATCH was partnering with the University of Queensland to investigate replacing all the coal-fired power generators with solar thermal generators.[3]

On 10 July 2014 it was announced that the solar thermal plans for Collinsville would not be proceeding.[4]

On 8 May 2017 it was announced that it will be replaced by a 42MW solar farm.[5] CIMIC Group's UGL Limited has the contracts for engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) expected to take 13 months followed by operation and maintenance (O&M) for five years.[6]

Coal-fired

Collinsville Power Station
CountryAustralia
LocationTownsville, Queensland
StatusMothballed
Commission date1968
Decommission date2018?
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Turbine technologySteam turbine
Power generation
Units operational0
Nameplate capacity190 MW

The coal for Collinsville came from local open-cut mines.

Collinsville was commissioned in 1968 with four 30 MW steam turbines. A 60 MW machine was later commissioned in 1976. These were refurbished in 1999, and upgraded to 66 MW and 31 MW respectively. They were decommissioned by 2018.[2]

Carbon Monitoring for Action estimated this power station emitted 1.34 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.[7] The Gillard Government announced the introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme commencing in 2010 to help combat climate change, which was expected to impact on emissions from power stations. However the Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme was repealed by the Abbott Government in July 2014. The National Pollutant Inventory provided details of other pollutant emissions, but, as at 23 November 2008, not CO
2
.[8]

See also

  • List of active power stations in Queensland

References

  1. "Study into Collinsvill". ANC News. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
  2. "Collinsville Solar PV". RATCH-Australia. Retrieved 13 October 2018.
  3. Solar thermal plans for Collinsville power station. Retrieved on 25 February 2013
  4. "Collinsville solar power plant proposal shelved". ABC News. 10 July 2014.
  5. "Deal signed for 42.5MW Collinsville solar farm to replace old coal plant". Renew Economy. 8 May 2017.
  6. "CIMIC'S UGL AWARDED $117M IN SOLAR EPC PROJECTS" (PDF). CIMIC Group. 10 May 2017. Retrieved 21 February 2018.
  7. Collinsville plant overview. Carbon Monitoring for Action. Retrieved on 23 November 2008
  8. "Index". National Pollutant Inventory. Retrieved 5 January 2020.


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