Northern Power Station, South Australia
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Northern Power Station is located in Port Augusta
, South Australia
. It is coal
powered with two 260 MW steam turbines that generate a total of 520 MW of electricity
. It is operated and maintained by Flinders Power employees.
Northern gets its coal by railway from the Leigh Creek
Coal Mine, 280 km to the north.
Carbon Monitoring for Action
estimates this power station emits 3.62 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.
Port Augusta, South Australia
-Electricity generation:Electricity is generated at the Playford B and Northern power stations from brown coal mined at Leigh Creek, 250 km to the north...
, South Australia
South Australia
South Australia is a state of Australia in the southern central part of the country. It covers some of the most arid parts of the continent; with a total land area of , it is the fourth largest of Australia's six states and two territories.South Australia shares borders with all of the mainland...
. It is coal
Coal
Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams. The harder forms, such as anthracite coal, can be regarded as metamorphic rock because of later exposure to elevated temperature and pressure...
powered with two 260 MW steam turbines that generate a total of 520 MW of electricity
Electricity
Electricity is a general term encompassing a variety of phenomena resulting from the presence and flow of electric charge. These include many easily recognizable phenomena, such as lightning, static electricity, and the flow of electrical current in an electrical wire...
. It is operated and maintained by Flinders Power employees.
Northern gets its coal by railway from the Leigh Creek
Leigh Creek, South Australia
Leigh Creek is a coal-mining town in the north of South Australia. At the 2006 census, Leigh Creek had a population of 549....
Coal Mine, 280 km to the north.
Carbon Monitoring for Action
Carbon Monitoring for Action
Carbon Monitoring For Action is a website that contains a searchable database that estimates the carbon emissions of power plants and power companies around the world. Launched in November, 2007, its database is updated quarterly. It is produced and financed by the Center for Global Development....
estimates this power station emits 3.62 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.