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**Gladstone Power Station**
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Fuel	Coal
Conveyance	Rail
Cooling Water	Saltwater
Technology	Steam turbine
Turbines	6
Installed Capacity	1680 MW
Commissioned	1976

The Gladstone Power Station is Queensland's largest power station, with six coal powered steam turbines generating a maximum of 1,680 MW of electricity.^[1] Power from the station was first generated in 1976.

The plant was privatised in 1994. It is currently owned by a group, including Rio Tinto Aluminium, NRG Energy and other Japanese partners.^[2]

This fossil fuel power plant draws seawater for cooling. Black coal is brought by rail from the Curragh mine, 200 km west of Rockhampton.^[3]

Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 11.80 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.^[4] The Australian Government has announced the introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme commencing in 2010 to help combat climate change. It is expected to impact on emissions from power stations. The National Pollutant Inventory provides details of other pollutant emissions, but, as at 23 November 2008, not CO2.

[edit] References

^ Power Stations. 2007. Queensland Department of Mines and Energy. Retrieved on 2 October 2007.
^ Gladstone power station Comalco. Retrieved on 2 October 2007.
^ About us 2006. Wesfarmers. Retrieved on 2 October 2007.
^ Gladstone. Carbon Monitoring for Action. Retrieved on 23 November 2008