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- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
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Power Plant
Playford power station
389th-largest power plant in Australia of 615 · top 50% worldwide (#14,784 of 29,849)
- Owner
- Alinta Energy Pty Ltd
- Status
- idle
- Capacity
- 240 MW
- Fuel
- coal
- Commissioned
- 1963
- Retired
- 2016
Comparable power plants · Australia · 615 ranked
- #1Western Green Energy Hub solar farm32.0 GW · solar
- #387Ararat wind farm240 MW · wind
- #388Archer Point wind farm240 MW · wind
- #389Playford power station240 MW · coal
- #390Newman (AU) power station238 MW · gas
- #391Maryvale solar farm235 MW · solar
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Northern Augusta power station692 m · Power Plant · 520 MW · coal
- Port Augusta Cement Plant5.2 km · Cement Plant
- Aurora Energy Project solar farm5.6 km · Power Plant · 220 MW · solar
- Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park solar farm6.8 km · Power Plant · 107 MW · solar
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SOURCE: Global Energy Monitor · Global Integrated Power (CC BY 4.0)