Australia's Vales Point Power Station is one of two coal fired power stations on the shores of Lake Macquarie. Vales Point is located on the southern shore of the lake, near the township of Mannering Park. It has two steam turbines, with a total generating capacity of 1,320 MW of electricity.
Vales Point was the first major power station in New South Wales to be located near its fuel source (coal).
Vales Point is in the process of demolishing part of the power station.
A station
Vales Point was originally equipped with three turbo-alternators of 200 MW supplied by the English Electric Co. (unit nos. 1 to 3) and one of 275 MW supplied by Associated Electrical Industries (AEI) Limited in the UK (unit no. 4), for a total of 875 MW.
The first two units were completed in 1963, and the third in 1964. Unit no. 4 was brought into use in 1966.
These four units were known as 'A' Station, its capacity of 875 MW being the highest...
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