Loy Yang Power Station, Victoria
| Loy Yang Power Station | |
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Loy Yang B (left), Loy Yang A (centre), coal bunkers from open cut mine (right).
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Traralgon, Victoria |
| Coordinates | 38°15′16″S 146°34′37″E / 38.25444°S 146.57694°ECoordinates: 38°15′16″S 146°34′37″E / 38.25444°S 146.57694°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1985 |
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| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Brown coal |
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| Units operational |
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| Make and model |
BBC Siemens Hitachi |
| Nameplate capacity | 3,300 MW (4,400,000 hp) |
The Loy Yang Power Station is a brown coal-fired thermal power station located on the outskirts of the city of Traralgon, in south-eastern Victoria, Australia. It consists of two sections, known as Loy Yang A and Loy Yang B. Both Loy Yang A and B are supplied by the Loy Yang brown coal mine. The Loy Yang power stations are located in the brown coal rich Latrobe Valley, along with the Hazelwood and Yallourn power stations.
Loy Yang A has four generating units with a combined capacity of 2,200 MW (3,000,000 hp). AGL Energy owns and operates both Loy Yang A and the Loy Yang coal mine.
Loy Yang B has two units with a capacity of 1,050 MW (1,410,000 hp) and is Victoria's newest and most efficient brown coal-fired power station. It can generate around 17% of Victoria's energy needs. It is jointly owned by Engie (formerly GDF Suez Australia), which holds a 70 per cent stake, and Mitsui & Co Ltd (30 per cent). Loy Yang B employs up to 152 full-time staff and another 40 contractors.
If Loy Yang A and Loy Yang B are counted together they the largest power station in Australia, generating over 3,000 MW (4,000,000 hp) of power (however, if counted separately, the 2,880 MW Eraring power station is the largest). Loy Yang is a base load supply station, and produces about one third of Victoria's electricity requirements.
Loy Yang was originally constructed through the 1980s by International Combustion Australia Ltd, who was contracted by the government owned State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV). It consists of two separate units, Loy Yang A and Loy Yang B. Constructed in stages, it was originally planned that the Loy Yang complex would consist of eight generating units, of 525 megawatts (704,000 hp) each upon completion. The privatization of the SECV resulted in only six generating units being completed, four in Loy Yang A and two in Loy Yang B.
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