Pinjar Gas Turbine Station - WA

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Position

DEG: -31.55814 115.820343
DMS: 31º 33' 29.3" S 115º 49' 13.23" E
UTM: 50 J 6507936mN 388040mE
Altitude: 80.85m

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Population - Place Name

Location

43.87kms North of Perth - Driving 53.9 km (1 hour 8 mins)

Address & Contact

Pinjar WA
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Information

Pinjar Gas Turbine Power Station is located 15km north of Wanneroo, on the northern outskirts of the Perth metropolitan area.

It has a total generating capacity of 576MW from nine gas turbines which are primarily gas fired, but can also burn liquid fuels (distillate).

It is completely un-manned, save for maintanence, been operated remotely from a control centre in East Perth... It takes roughly 15 minutes to go from "warm off" to full generating capacity
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Closest Weather Station

Gingin Airport at 24/11:30pm WST
Distance from Pinjar Gas Turbine Station 11.38km N
TemperatureFeels LikeRel. HumidityDew PointPressureRainfallWind DirectionWind SpeedGusts
18.4°C19.2°C88%16.4°C1010.1hPa0.0mmNNW7km/hr
4knots
11km/hr
6knots

Closest Climatic Station

Gingin Aero
Distance from Pinjar Gas Turbine Station 11.38km N
 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Mean Max. °C33.133.330.926.623.019.618.318.920.524.227.930.6
Mean Min. °C16.317.015.211.99.37.56.16.37.39.111.914.4
Mean Rain mm15.99.513.826.274.9115.4123.7106.184.437.221.810.8

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