Coal-fired power stations
60. Hon Dr Steve Thomas to the Leader of the House representing the Minister for Energy and Decarbonisation:
I refer to the post-election delayed retirement of unit 6 at Muja C power station, which was placed on reserve outage mode and the period from 1 October 2024 to 1 April 2025.
(1) What was the total generational output of Muja unit 6?(2) What was the peak output of Muja unit 6 and when did it occur?(3) What was the peak generation of Muja unit 6 on the total South West Interconnected System peak demand day of 20 January 2025? (4) With what alternative generation will the government replace Muja unit 6 for future demand?Hon Stephen Dawson replied:
Thank you, President. I thank the honourable member for some notice the question.
(1) It is 211 gigawatt hours.(2) It was 198 megawatts on 11 December 2024.(3) It was 184 megawatts.(4) Newly operational facilities include Synergy Kwinana Battery Energy Storage System 2; GPG Cunderdin Solar and Battery Energy Storage System; and Neoen Collie Battery Energy System 1.