Playford B Power Station

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Playford B Power Station was a coal-fired power station in South Australia that supplied electricity to the state’s grid before its closure and subsequent demolition.

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Playford B Power Station canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf coal-fired power station ⓘ
thermal power station ⓘ
associatedWith Northern Power Station ⓘ
commissioned 1963 ⓘ
commissionedInYear 1963 ⓘ
connectedTo South Australian electricity grid ⓘ
constructionStart 1958 ⓘ
country Australia ⓘ
decommissioned 2016 ⓘ
demolitionCompleted 2018 ⓘ
electricalCapacity 240 MW ⓘ
energySource coal ⓘ
environmentalImpact air pollution ⓘ
greenhouse gas emissions ⓘ
fuelSupplyFrom Leigh Creek coalfield ⓘ
fuelType sub-bituminous coal ⓘ
generationUnitsType steam turbine ⓘ
gridConnection National Electricity Market ⓘ
gridOperator ElectraNet (transmission) ⓘ
gridRole baseload generation ⓘ
hasCoordinateLatitude -32.51 ⓘ
hasCoordinateLongitude 137.77 ⓘ
laterGridRole intermittent operation ⓘ
locatedIn Port Augusta, South Australia ⓘ
linked to: Port Augusta
locatedInAdministrativeTerritory South Australia ⓘ
locatedNear Port Augusta Power Station ⓘ
Spencer Gulf ⓘ
namedAfter Thomas Playford IV ⓘ
numberOfUnits 4 ⓘ
operatedBy Alinta Energy ⓘ
ownedBy Alinta Energy ⓘ
partOf Port Augusta power generation complex ⓘ
permanentlyClosed 2016 ⓘ
previouslyOwnedBy Electricity Trust of South Australia ⓘ
Flinders Power ⓘ
primaryCoolingMethod air-cooled condensers ⓘ
regionServed South Australia ⓘ
shutdownReason ageing infrastructure ⓘ
competition from renewable energy ⓘ
economic unviability ⓘ
status demolished ⓘ
subjectOf Port Augusta coal closure debate ⓘ

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Port Augusta → formerCoalPowerStationLocation → Playford B Power Station ⓘ
Northern Power Station → nearbyFacility → Playford B Power Station ⓘ