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Eraring Power Station (1982 - )

Function: Energy and Public Utilities

Location: New South Wales, Australia

Eraring Power Station is run by Eraring Energy is a New South Wales state owned corporation.
Construction of power station started in 1977. The first generating unit went into service in 1982, the second and third units in 1983, and the fourth unit was commissioned in 1984. Eraring Power Station is sited in a natural dip on the western shore of Lake Macquarie, near the township of Dora Creek. Extensive tracts of land separate the power station from the local community, reducing any visual impact and also keeping noise levels low at the buffer zone boundaries. Edited from their website.

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URL: The home page for this entity is located at http://www.eraring-energy.com.au/

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See Also

Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering, Technology in Australia 1788-1988, Online edn, Australian Science and Technology Heritage Centre, Melbourne, 3 May 2000, http://www.austehc.unimelb.edu.au/tia/. [ Details ]

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Prepared by: Ailie Smith
Created: 13 September 2001
Modified: 13 March 2006

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