Uranquinty Power Station
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 Location of Uranquinty Power Station in Australia
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Uranquinty, New South Wales |
| Coordinates | 35°10′49.20″S 147°12′59.76″E / 35.1803333°S 147.2166000°ECoordinates: 35°10′49.20″S 147°12′59.76″E / 35.1803333°S 147.2166000°E |
| Status | Peak |
| Commission date | January 2009 |
| Owner(s) | Origin Energy |
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| Primary fuel | Natural gas |
| Combined cycle? | No |
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| Units operational | 4 (160 MW each) |
| Make and model | Siemens |
| Nameplate capacity | 640 MW |
The Uranquinty Power Station is a 640MW gas-fired power station located in Uranquinty, New South Wales, Australia, comprising four Siemens V94.2 gas turbines. It is the second largest gas-fired power station in New South Wales, and is used during peak loads.
Uranquinty Power Station was the fourth power station to be constructed by NewGen Power which was jointly owned by ERM Power and Babcock and Brown Power at a cost of $500 million.
On 4 July 2008 Babcock and Brown Power announced that it had sold the 640 megawatt gas-fired Uranquinty power station in NSW for $700 million to Origin Energy.
On 19 January 2009 Origin Energy Limited announced that the Uranquinty Power Station was commissioned with eight people employed to operate the facility.
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