Mortlake Power Station project
(formerly known as the Victorian Generator Project)
Overview
On 4 July 2008, the Origin Board announced its commitment to proceed with the construction of a 550 megaWatt (MW) gas fired power station located 12km west of Mortlake in western Victoria. The Mortlake Power Station will help to meet the growing and future demand for electricity in Australia.
The power station will be constructed on approximately 20 hectares of land with an extensive buffer zone around it.
Properties surrounding the proposed site are large landholdings, with the nearest resident approximately 2 km from the site. The area is used for grazing land and timber plantations.
Although approvals have been gained for approximately 1,000 MW, the Mortlake power station will be built in two stages adjacent to theexisting Moorabool to Heywood 500 kV high voltage transmission line. The plant will be supplied with natural gas via a 83 km dedicated underground natural gas transmission pipeline from the Port Campbell area.
The Mortlake power station project will:
- Provide least cost new-entrant electricity generation
- Minimise environmental impact
- Provide an alternative to coal-fired generation in the National Electricity Market, and
- Enhance system reliability and security.
Final investment decision (FID)
The final investment decision to proceed to project construction was granted on 4 July 2008. This investment decision has been contingent upon a number of factors such as the forecast supply and demand in the national electricity market (NEM) and the impact of Government policy in relation to emissions (eg emissions trading schemes).
Project area
For more information, please contact:
Elizabeth Weaver
Communication Manager, South Australia
Phone:(+61 8) 8217 5283
Mobile: 0407 798 589
Email: Elizabeth Weaver
What's new
- Mortlake Power Station Project Community Newsletter eight (1.5MB) August 2008