Mica Creek Power Station provides clean reliable energy to Queensland’s remote northwest.
Mica Creek is situated in the heart of Queensland’s North West Mineral Province and is the sole source of power to the region.
Ten gas-fired units generate up to 325 megawatts (MW) of electricity.
Mica Creek Power station supplies electricity to the region's mining industry, as well as Mount Isa, Cloncurry and surrounding communities.
The project to expand and convert Mica Creek Power Station from coal-firing to gas-firing was completed in 2000, ending a 40-year history of coal-fired generation at the station.
GENERAL INFORMATION
| Permanent workforce |
80 |
| Site capacity |
325 MW |
| Fuel supply |
gas and waste heat |
conveyed from the southwest Queensland gas fields, via the Carpentaria pipeline |
| Fuel consumption rate |
22 PJ pa |
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GENERATOR INFORMATION
| |
|
|
|
|
A Combined Cycle Block |
|
C Combined Cycle Block |
| |
A1 |
A2 |
A3 |
A4 |
A5 |
A6 |
A7 |
B1 |
C1 |
C2 |
| GENERAL |
|
| Commissioned |
1960 |
1960 |
1972 |
1973 |
1985 |
1997 |
1997 |
1990 |
1999 |
1999 |
| Capacity |
30MW |
33MW |
33MW |
33MW |
36MW |
35MW |
35MW |
35MW |
35MW |
20MW |
| Transmission |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
11kv |
| Fuel |
gas |
gas |
gas |
gas |
waste heat |
gas |
gas |
gas |
gas |
waste heat |
| TURBINE |
|
| Type |
steam |
steam |
steam |
steam |
steam |
gas |
gas |
gas |
gas |
steam |
| Manufacturer |
GEC |
GEC |
Parsons |
Parsons |
Toshiba |
Alstom |
Alstom |
John Brown |
Alstom |
MTM |
| BOILER |
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| Manufacturer |
Babcock |
Babcock |
Babcock |
Babcock |
N/A |
Deltac/
Rico |
Deltac/
Rico |
N/A |
ABB |
N/A |
| Steam pressure |
6.4 Mpa |
6.4 Mpa |
6.4 Mpa |
6.4 Mpa |
N/A |
6.4 Mpa |
6.4 Mpa |
N/A |
6.4 Mpa |
N/A |
| Steam temperature |
465°C |
465°C |
485°C |
485°C |
N/A |
485°C |
485°C |
N/A |
510°C |
N/A |
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