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Playford A Power Station

South Australia, Australia

The 2651st largest power station in the world

90 MW · Capacity

The Playford A Power Station was the first thermal power station that was built by the Electricity Trust of South Australia, located at Port Paterson, South Australia near Port Augusta. It was built in 1954 to generate electricity from sub-bituminous coal mined from the Telford Cut at Leigh Creek and transported 250 kilometres (160 mi) by rail. The Playford B Power Station was established nearby in 1963, and the Northern Power Station in 1985. All three facilities were decommissioned during the 1980s and demolished in 2018.

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