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Electricity in Victoria
Currently
• We have a mixture of • 6 Coal Fired
• 6645 MW of Electricity
• 6 Gas Fired • 1335.8 MW of Electricity
• 16 Hydroelectric • 572 MW of Electricity
• 5 Wind• 133.7 MW of Electricity
• 1 Biomass• 54.5
For a Grand Total of 8335 MW of Electricity
Coal Fired
Power station Max.Capacity
Anglesea 150 MW
Hazelwood 1,600 MW
Loy Yang A 2,200 MW
Loy Yang B 1,050 MW
Morwell 165 MW
Yallourn 1,480 MW
Gas Turbine
Power station Max. Capacity
Bairnsdale 92 MW
Jeeralang 432 MW
Laverton 320 MW
Longford 31.8 MW
Somerton 160 MW
Valley Power 300 MW
HydroelectricPower station Max. Capacity
Banimboola 12.85 MW
Blue Rock Dam 3.6 MW
Cairn Curran 2 MW
Cardinia Dam 3 MW
Clover 24 MW
Dartmouth 150 MW
Eildon 120 MW
Eildon Pondage 4.5 MW
Glenmaggie 3.8 MW
McKay Creek 150 MW
Rubicon Scheme 13.5 MW
Silvan Cardinia System 5 MW
Thomson Dam 7.5 MW
West Kiewa 62 MW
William Hovell 1.5 MW
Yarrawonga Weir 9.45 MW
Wind Farms
Power station Max. Capacity
Challicum Hills Wind Farm 52.5 MW
Codrington Wind Farm 18.2 MW
Toora Wind Farm 21 MW
Wonthaggi Wind Farm 12 MW
Yambuk Wind Farm 30 MW
2007
I want you to build me a new power
station
New Power station
• In your presentation you need to include the following• Describe how exactly your new power
station works• What are the benefits of your
particular power station over other types of power stations.
• What are the potential implications of your power station.