Katherine Power Station

Coordinates: 14°27′32″S 132°14′40″E / 14.45888889°S 132.24444444°E

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Katherine Power Station

Country	Australia
Location	Katherine
Coordinates	14°27′32″S 132°14′40″E / 14.45888889°S 132.24444444°E / -14.45888889; 132.24444444
Status	Operational
Commission date	1987
Owner	Territory Generation
Operator	Territory Generation
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Secondary fuel	Diesel
Power generation


Units operational	4
Nameplate capacity	36.5 MW
External links
Website	territorygeneration.com.au/about-us/our-power-stations/
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Katherine Power Station is a natural gas-fired power station in the Northern Territory of Australia located at Cossack near the town of Katherine. The power station is owned and operated by Territory Generation and supplies the Darwin-Katherine Interconnected System.^[1] The dual-fuel station can also independently provide power to Katherine in the event of disruptions across the regional grid, such as when gas supply was interrupted to Channel Island Power Station near Darwin during 2014. The generators in Katherine were able to use a back up supply of diesel fuel to minimise blackouts in the town.^[2]

The power station was commissioned in 1987 with three generators providing a total capacity of 24.5 MW. A fourth unit was added in 2012, increasing this to 36.5 MW.^[1] The older units are planned to be decommissioned in 2026–27, however by this time it is expected that the Eni group's 25 MW solar farm north of the town will be fully operational.^[3]

References

^ ^a ^b "Our Power Stations". Territory Generation. Retrieved 19 January 2022.
^ "Essential Services Minister praises performance of Katherine power station during NT blackouts". Katherine Times. Australian Community Media. 17 September 2014.
^ "2020 NT Electricity Outlook Report" (PDF). Utilities Commission of the Northern Territory. Retrieved 19 January 2022.

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Active Power Stations	Berrimah Borroloola Channel Island Daly Waters Elliott Katherine Kings Canyon McArthur River Owen Springs Pine Creek Ron Goodin Tennant Creek Timber Creek Ti Tree Weddell Yulara
Former Power Stations	Stokes Hill Armidale Street Old Alice Springs Newcastle Waters
Companies	PowerWater Territory Generation
Regulators	Utilities Commission
Historical entities	Northern Territory Electricity Commission
List of power stations in the Northern Territory

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