Redbank Power Station
{{#badges: CoalSwarm|Navbar-Australiacoal}}Redbank power station is a 151-megawatt (MW) coal-fired power plant in New South Wales, Australia. The plant was retired in August 2014.[1]
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Location
The map below shows the location of the plant, near Gouldsville, New South Wales.
Background on Plant
The Redbank Power Station is a 151-megawatt coal fired plant in New South Wales, Australia. It was owned and operated by National Power, a privately-owned company which also has interests in wind, solar and biomass projects.[2][3] It is currently owned by Redbank Energy.
Handout from carbon tax package
National Power, the former owners of the Redbank Power Station, received $8,766,418.74 of the $1 billion cash payments given out in 2011/12[4] to the operators of the most polluting coal-fired power stations. The cash was paid from the Energy Security Fund which was established as a part of the carbon tax legislation passed in 2011.[5][6]
Bitcoin Proposal
In April 2018 the IOT Group in partnership Hunter Energy announced a plan to restart Redbank in 2019 and use the energy to create bitcoin, and potentially to power other blockchain applications.[7]
Plant Details
- Sponsor: Redbank Energy Ltd
- Parent company: Redbank Energy
- Location: Gouldsville, New South Wales, Australia
- Coordinates: -32.5805339, 151.0714695 (exact)
- Status: Retired (August 2014)[1]
- Gross capacity: 151 MW (Unit 1)
- Type: Subcritical
- In service: 2001
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- Source of financing:
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References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Retirement of coal fired power stations, Interim report," Environment and Communications References Committee, The Senate, November 2016, Table 2.2
- ↑ "About National Power", National Power website, acccessed May 2011.
- ↑ "Fossil", National Power website,accessed May 2011.
- ↑ Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency,"Generation complexes eligible to receive Energy Security Fund cash payments", Department of Climate Change and Energy Efficiency website, July 9, 2012.
- ↑ Australian Government, "An overview of the Clean Energy Legislative Package", Clean Energy Future website, accessed January 2013.
- ↑ Energy Security Council, "About the Council", Energy Security Council website, accessed January 2013.
- ↑ This coal power plant is being reopened for blockchain mining, CNET, Apr. 11, 2018
