The Millmerran Power Station is a coal-fired power station in Queensland. The power station was commissioned in 2002 and cost $1.5 billion to build. The power station is owned and operated by InterGen, a multinational company owned by the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan and AIG Highstar Capital II, a private equity fund sponsored by a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.
The plant takes advantage of the abundant deposits of bituminous coal from the Surat Basin. Fuel is transported via conveyor belt from the open-cut Commodore Mine.
The 850 MW plant uses air cooling technology to reduce water consumption. Due to its efficiency in 2002 when the plant became operational, wholesale prices for electricity fell by about one third to $20/MWh.
Millmerran Power Station which won the Banksia Environmental Award 2006 in the water category, supplies enough electricity to power approximately 1.1 million homes by selling all its electricity into the National Electricity Market (NEM).
Carbon Monitoring for Action estimates this power station emits 5.75 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a esult of burning coal.The Australian Government has announced the introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme commencing in 2010 to help combat climate change. It is expected to impact on emissions from power stations. The National Pollutant Inventory provides details of other pollutant emissions, but, as at 23 November 2008, not CO2.
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