Photos • Location
| Townsville Power Station | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Yabulu, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 19°12′00″S 146°37′08″E / 19.2°S 146.619°E |
| Status | Opened |
| Commission date | 1999 |
| Owner(s) | RATCH-Australia |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal seam gas |
| Combined cycle? | Yes |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 1 |
| Nameplate capacity | 242 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | Official website |
Townsville Power Station is located in Yabulu, an industrial suburb of Townsville. The station is owned by RATCH-Australia. The station has a 160 MW Siemens turbine and an 82 MW heat recovery steam generator.
The station was built in the late 1990s as an open-cycle plant and was upgraded to combined-cycle operation in 2005.