Snapper Point Power Station
Gas turbine power station in South Australia
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The Snapper Point Power Station is a gas turbine power station situated at Outer Harbor, South Australia, adjacent to the older Pelican Point Power Station.
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| Coordinates | 34°45′52″S 138°30′27″E |
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Snapper Point Power Station is owned by Nexif Energy and is a peaking power plant. In addition to general supply Nexif use it to provide firm reliability for electricity supply contracts from Nexif's Lincoln Gap Wind Farm.[1] It uses the five GE TM2500 mobile aero-derivative gas turbine generation units acquired from the Government of South Australia, which previously comprised the Temporary Generation North power station.[2] Each unit is rated for 30.8 MW net output for a total generation capacity of 154 MW.
The plant commenced operation on 10 June 2022 after having been originally expected to be online by 1 July 2023.[3] Operation was initially subject to an overnight curfew by the Environment Protection Authority (South Australia) due to noise.[4] Custom-built silencers were subsequently added and the curfew was provisionally lifted from 4 December 2023.