Mungarra Power Station is a power station 50 km south-east of
Geraldton
Geraldton (Wajarri language, Wajarri: ''Jambinu'', Wilunyu language, Wilunyu: ''Jambinbirri'') is a coastal city in the Mid West (Western Australia), Mid West region of Western Australia, north of the state capital, Perth.
As of the , Geraldt ...
,
Western Australia
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. It is
natural gas
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powered with three
gas turbines
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that together
generate a total capacity of 112 MW of
electricity
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.
The station was commissioned in 1990.
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Verve Energy
Verve Energy was a Western Australian Government owned corporation responsible for operating the state's electricity generators on the state's South West Interconnected System (SWIS).
It was split from the then vertically integrated Western ...
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Mungarra Power Station
Natural gas-fired power stations in Western Australia
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