The Valley Power Peaking Facility is an open cycle, gas turbine power station at
Traralgon
Traralgon ( , ) is a city located in the east of the Latrobe Valley in the Gippsland region of Victoria (Australia), Victoria, Australia and the most populous city in the City of Latrobe and the region. The urban population of Traralgon at the ...
in the Latrobe Valley in Victoria, Australia. It is owned and operated by
Snowy Hydro
Snowy Hydro Limited is an electricity generation and retailing company in Australia that owns, manages, and maintains the Snowy Mountains Hydro-electric Scheme that consists of nine hydro-electric power stations and sixteen large dams connected ...
.
The plant was developed by Edison Mission Energy and
Contact Energy
Contact Energy Limited is a New Zealand electricity generation, electricity generator, a wholesaler of natural gas, and a retailer of electricity retailing, electricity, natural gas, broadband and Liquefied petroleum gas, LPG.
It is the second ...
in 2001 and 2002. The gas turbine units were relocated from the
Stratford and
Whirinaki power stations in New Zealand.
In 2005, it was sold to International Power and Mitsui & Co Ltd who onsold the plant to Snowy Hydro.
See also
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List of power stations in Victoria
References
External links
Snowy Hydro website
{{EnergyVictoria
Natural gas-fired power stations in Victoria (state)