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Eraring Power Station is a 2.64GW powerstation near Dora Creek, Lake Maquarie, NSW, Australia. It's a similar size to Bayswater Power Station, but uses slightly less coal (does it run less, or is it more efficient?). Eraring was commisioned as part of a 30 year construction program to bring one new generator online every 12 months, this was increased to every 9 months, in part due to the government wanting to built more aluminium smelters^[1]. Construction began in 1977, and all boilers were comissioned by 1984^[2]

Eraring is owned and run by Eraring Energy, a state-owned corporation, which also own 2 wind farms (just under 15MW total), and a number of hydro systems^[3].

Latitude: 33°03′44″S Longditude: 151°31′13″E

Contents 1 Energy production 2 Coal Consumption 3 Emissions 4 Water Consumption 5 Action 6 Random crap 7 References

[edit] 1 Energy production

Eraring produces about 25% of NSW's electricity^[4]

[edit] 2 Coal Consumption

Eraring burns 5.2-6 million tonnes of coal per annum from local coal mines (depending on which page you look at )^[5][6]. This would equate to 19-22 million tonnes of CO2/annum.

[edit] 3 Emissions

Greenpeace says Eraring emits 20 million tonnes of carbon dioxide per annum^[7].\

[edit] 4 Water Consumption

Eraring uses 21,000L of water/second for each or it's 4 units (which would total 1,814,400,000L/day - seems a lot). Some of that water is salt water - it claims to use 4 million litres a day of fresh water, for all uses^[6]. It also purifies and uses about 5,000,000L of sewerage per day in it's boilers^[4][8]

[edit] 5 Action

Eraring powerstation has been the target of a blockade by Greenpeace - 27 activists blockaded including an ex-coal miner, and 16 locked on, saying "Eraring, an old and inefficient plant, is one of eight coal-fired power stations in New South Wales. These plants are responsible for half the state’s and 13% of Australia’s greenhouse pollution."^[7]

[edit] 6 Random crap

Eraring is completely exempt from stamp duty^[9], under it's own act (1981^[10])

[edit] 7 References

1. ↑ Adrian Richardson - RMIT Publishing - RMIT Training PTY LTD (http://www. rmitpublishing.com.au). "Eraring Power Station and Project Management". Retrieved on 2008-09-29.
2. ↑ http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/asaw/biogs/A001488b.htm
3. ↑ Eraring Energy's hydro systems
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} http://www.naiad.net.au/?q=node/33
5. ↑ http://www.eraring-energy.com.au/art-template-normal.asp?CID=53&AID=194
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} http://www.eraring-energy.com.au/docs/Eraring-power-station-fact-sheet.pdf
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} http://www.greenpeace.org/australia/news-and-events/news/Climate-change/blockade-Eraring
8. ↑ http://www.water.siemens.com/en/industries/power/Case%20Studies/Pages/power_eraring_casestudy.aspx
9. ↑ http://www.osr.nsw.gov.au/lib/doc/rulings/rrsd103.pdf
10. ↑ http://www.austlii.edu.au/au/legis/nsw/consol_act/epsa1981249/