Callide Power Station

Callide Power Station is located near Biloela, in Central Queensland, Australia. It is coal powered with eight steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 1,720 MW of electricity. Callide A was commissioned in 1965, refurbished in 1998 and decommissioned in 2015/16.[1] As of 2018, generation capacity was 1510 MW.[1]

Callide Power Station
CountryAustralia
LocationBiloela, Central Queensland
Coordinates24°20′50″S 150°36′31″E
StatusOperational
Commission date1965
Construction cost$28.7 million
Owner(s)CS Energy
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Turbine technologySteam turbines
Cooling sourceFresh
Power generation
Units operational8
Nameplate capacity1,720 MW

The coal for Callide comes from the nearby Callide Coalfields and water from the Awoonga dam and Stag Creek Pipeline.[2]

Callide A

At the end of 1962 approval was granted for a new power station near Biloela.[3] Work commenced at the site in February 1963. The design of the plant based around separate generating units and a control room was a first for Queensland.[3] It was also the first power station in Queensland to use dry cooling towers.[3]

It had four 30 MW steam turbines, the first of which was operating by June 1965. From its commissioning a drought meant water restrictions at the station reduced output.[3] The second set was expected to be operating by May 1966, but was lost at sea while being transported from England.[3] A replacement unit arrived in June 1967. The third set was operating in October 1967 and the fourth in May 1969.[3] The total cost of the project was A$28.7 million.[3]

Callide A has been in storage since 2001, except for Unit 4 which is being used for the Callide Oxyfuel project.[4]

The Callide Oxyfuel project was decommissioned in 2015/16 after demonstrating carbon capture technology for two years.[1]

Callide B

Following on from an aggressive construction program at Tarong Power Station, Callide B was commissioned in 1988 with two 350 MW steam turbines. The Hitachi machines are almost identical to those in Tarong and Stanwell.

Callide C

The Callide Power Plant (a.k.a. Callide C) was commissioned in 2001 with two 405 MW advanced cycle steam turbines.[5] Callide C uses a more efficient "supercritical" boiler technology to burn coal to generate electricity.[6]

Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 5.73 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.[7] The Australian Government introduced a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme in 2011 to help combat climate change, intended to reduce emissions from power stations. The scheme was replaced in 2014 by a 'direct action' program. The National Pollutant Inventory provides details of other pollutant emissions, but, as at 23 November 2008, not CO2.[8]

See also
  • List of active power stations in Queensland

References
  1. "Callide Power Station". Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  2. InterGen Archived 2008-08-05 at the Wayback Machine page on Callide. Retrieved 2008-05-18
  3. Dunn, Col (1985). The History of Electricity in Queensland. Bundaberg: Col Dunn. pp. 136–139. ISBN 0-9589229-0-X.
  4. Spero, Chris; Yamada, Toshihiko; Nelson, Peter; Morrison, Tony; Bourhy-Weber, Claire. "Callide Oxyfuel Project – Combustion and Environmental Performance" (PDF). www.eventspro.net. 3rd Oxyfuel Combustion Conference. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
  5. InterGen & CS Energy Open US$800 MLN Australian Power Project. AsiaPulse News. 05-JUL-2001 Retrieved 2008-05-18
  6. Australia joins the supercritical ranks: although a country with a coal-based power industry, Australia has taken up supercritical technologies surprisingly late. However, once started there seems to be no stopping. Here we look at a series of new supercritical developments that have been commissioned in the coal country of Queensland. Modern Power Systems 01-APR-2005 Retrieved 2008-05-18
  7. Callide C. Carbon Monitoring for Action. Retrieved on 23 November 2008
  8. "National Pollutant Inventory". www.npi.gov.au. Retrieved 5 May 2017.
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