The Oakey Power Station is a 282 MW power station located at

Oakey Oakey is a rural town and Suburbs and localities (Australia), locality in the Toowoomba Region, Queensland, Australia. The Oakey Army Aviation Centre, Museum of Army Aviation is located at Oakey Airport. In the , the locality of Oakey had a pop ...

on the

Darling Downs The Darling Downs is a farming region on the western slopes of the Great Dividing Range in southern Queensland, Australia. The Downs are to the west of South East Queensland and are one of the major regions of Queensland. The name was generally ...

in southern

Queensland Queensland ( , commonly abbreviated as Qld) is a States and territories of Australia, state in northeastern Australia, and is the second-largest and third-most populous state in Australia. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Austr ...

, adjacent to the Roma to Brisbane Pipeline. The station is an open-cycle, dual liquid/gas-fired

power station A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...

that typically operates during times of peak electricity demand when Queensland's power needs are greatest.

ERM Power Shell Energy Australia provides gas, electricity, environmental products and energy productivity services to commercial and industrial customers. History ERM Power was founded by Trevor St Baker as a specialist Australian energy adviso ...

led the development of Oakey with commissioning occurring safely and on time in December 1999. ERM Power owns 100% of Oakey and also operates and financially manages the power station.Who We Are
Shell Energy Australia. Retrieved on 18 November 2021.

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Natural gas-fired power stations in Queensland Darling Downs 1999 establishments in Australia Energy infrastructure completed in 1999 {{Queensland-struct-stub

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