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Delta operates four coal fired power stations providing a reliable supply of 24 hour, baseload electricity. In addition, the Colongra gas fired power station operates as required to meet peaking demands on very hot or very cold days.
Colongra Power Station is a low emission gas fuelled plant on the Central Coast, near the existing Munmorah Power Station. It has four gas turbines and a combined capacity of 667 megawatts. It operates during times of high peak demand such as very hot and cold days.
Mt Piper Power Station is in the Central West region of New South Wales. Located near the highway to Mudgee, it is 25 km west of Lithgow, and 5 km east of Portland. Mt Piper operates two 700 megawatt generating units.
Wallerawang Power Station is in a picturesque valley 15 km west of Lithgow and about 160 km from Sydney. Wallerawang consists of two 500 megawatt units. In March 2007, a special plaque was unveiled and other celebrations were held to commemorate its 50 years of operation.
Vales Point Power Station was built in the 1960s as a four-unit station. The power station is at the southern end of Lake Macquarie, about 35 km south of Newcastle. . The original four units were decommissioned in 1989. Vales Point now operates two 660 MW generating units.
Munmorah Power Station operates on the New South Wales Central Coast, about 110 km north of Sydney. The power station is located on the coastal strip between the Tuggerah Lakes, close to the Central Coast beaches. It comprises two 300 megawatt generating units.
Renewable energy is produced through co-generation at two operating sugar mills, in a joint venture with the NSW Sugar Milling Co-operative. Receivers, Managers & Administrators have been appointed to the joint venture entities.
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