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Berrimah Power Station

Berrimah Power Station

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Berrimah Power Station is a kerosene-fuelled power station in Berrimah, an industrial suburb of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia. It is owned by the government-owned Power and Water Corporation, and generates electricity only on an emergency and standby basis.

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The Berrimah Power Station was built and commissioned in 1979 after a number of faults with the Stokes Hill Power Station.[1][2]

Originally, it had 30MW capacity (3 × 10MW) but as of February 2012, only one unit is still operational, with the other two having been decommissioned.[3][needs update]

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References

  1. [1]
    Power and Water History, "Power and Water Corporation - History". Archived from the original on 19 February 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  2. [2]
    Berrimah 30 MW Gas Turbine Station, Darwin, NT, "Berrimah 30 MW Gas Turbine Station, Darwin, NT". Archived from the original on 2 March 2008. Retrieved 24 February 2008.
  3. [3]
    "Power and Water Corporation - Publications". Archived from the original on 17 February 2012. Retrieved 14 February 2012.
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