Callide Power Station
| Callide Power Station | |
|---|---|
Control room, Callide Power Station, circa 1967 | |
| Country | Australia |
| Location | 1092 Biloela Callide Road, Mount Murchison, Shire of Banana, Queensland |
| Coordinates | 24°20′42″S 150°37′11″E / 24.3450°S 150.6196°E |
| Status | Operational |
| Commission date | 1965 |
| Construction cost | $28.7 million |
| Owners | CS Energy (50%), Intergen (50%) |
| Operator | |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal |
| Turbine technology | Steam turbines |
| Cooling source | Fresh |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | 4 |
| Nameplate capacity | 1,544 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.