Delta Electricity
Encyclopedia
Delta Electricity is an electricity generation
company in Australia
. It is fully owned by the Government of New South Wales
, and has a portfolio of generating sites mainly using thermal coal
power.
Electricity generation
Electricity generation is the process of generating electric energy from other forms of energy.The fundamental principles of electricity generation were discovered during the 1820s and early 1830s by the British scientist Michael Faraday...
company in Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
. It is fully owned by the Government of New South Wales
Government of New South Wales
The form of the Government of New South Wales is prescribed in its Constitution, which dates from 1856, although it has been amended many times since then...
, and has a portfolio of generating sites mainly using thermal coal
Fossil fuel power plant
A fossil-fuel power station is a power station that burns fossil fuels such as coal, natural gas or petroleum to produce electricity. Central station fossil-fuel power plants are designed on a large scale for continuous operation...
power.
Power stations
Delta Electricity owns and operates the following power stations:| Name | Fuel | Type | Location | Maximum Capacity (MW) |
Annual Generation (GWh average) |
Commissioned | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colongra Colongra Power Station Colongra Gas Generation Plant is a 667MW gas-fired power station located in Colongra, New South Wales, Australia and is the largest gas-fired power station in New South Wales which will be used during peak loads in New South Wales.The plant's construction was tendered to Alstom which began the... |
gas | 667 | 2009 | ||||
| Mt Piper | coal | 1400 | 1992/93 | ||||
| Vales Point | coal | 1320 | 1963/64, 1978 | ||||
| Wallerawang | coal | 1000 | 1957/59 | ||||
| Munmorah | coal | 600 | 1967/69 | ||||
| Mt Piper | Hydroelectric | 0.35 | |||||
| Chichester Dam | Hydroelectric | 0.1 | |||||
| Dungog | Hydroelectric | 0.1 | |||||
| Condong | Biomass | 30 | |||||
| Broadwater | Biomass | 38 |