Playford A Power Station

Playford B Power Station
Country Australia
Location Port Paterson, South Australia[1]
Commission date 1954-1957
Construction cost £10m
Operator(s) Electricity Trust of South Australia
Thermal power station
Primary fuel Sub-bituminous coal
Power generation
Units operational 0 / 6
Nameplate capacity 90 MW

Playford A power station was the first power station built by the Electricity Trust of South Australia at Port Paterson, South Australia near Port Augusta in South Australia. It was built in 1954 to generate electricity from coal mined from the Telford Cut at Leigh Creek and transported 250 kilometres (160 mi) by rail.

It was joined by the Playford B Power Station in 1963, and the Northern Power Station in 1985.

The first unit of the power station was opened by Governor Robert George on 23 July 1954.[2] It was the first power station in South Australia which did not require the importation of fuel from interstate. It was expected to take a few years before all six units were operational.[3] The life of Playford A and B stations was expected to be 30 years, the supply of coal then known to be available from Leigh Creek.[4]

Flinders Power, a division of Alinta Energy, is in the process of demolishing all three power stations and remediating the site.[5]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Search result for "Port Paterson (Locality Bounded)" (Record no SA0040645) with the following layers being selected - "Suburbs and Localities" and "Place names (gazetteer)"". Government of South Australia. Retrieved 12 May 2016.
  2. ↑ "Governor To Open New Power Station". The Advertiser. 97, (29, 882). South Australia. 23 July 1954. p. 1. Retrieved 29 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ "Many 'Firsts' In Power". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 97, (29, 882). South Australia. 23 July 1954. p. 10. Retrieved 29 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ↑ "New Unit In Electricity". The Advertiser (Adelaide). 97, (29, 882). South Australia. 23 July 1954. p. 12. Retrieved 29 July 2017 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ↑ "Augusta Power Stations". Flinders Power. Retrieved 29 July 2017.

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