Callide Power Station

Callide Power Station
Control room, Callide Power Station, circa 1967
CountryAustralia
Location1092 Biloela Callide Road, Mount Murchison, Shire of Banana, Queensland
Coordinates24°20′42″S 150°37′11″E / 24.3450°S 150.6196°E / -24.3450; 150.6196 (Callide Power Station)
StatusOperational
Commission date1965
Construction cost$28.7 million
OwnersCS Energy (50%), Intergen (50%)
Operator
Thermal power station
Primary fuelCoal
Turbine technologySteam turbines
Cooling sourceFresh
Power generation
Units operational4
Nameplate capacity1,544 MW

Callide Power Station is an electricity generator at Mount Murchison, Shire of Banana, Queensland, Australia. It is coal-powered with four steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 1,544 megawatts (MW) of electricity. Callide A was commissioned in 1965, refurbished in 1998 and decommissioned in 2015/16.

CS Energy owns 100 per cent of Callide A and Callide B, and owns Callide C in a 50/50 joint venture with IG Power. The coal for Callide comes from the nearby Callide Coalfields and water from the Awoonga dam and Stag Creek Pipeline.