Torrens Island Power Station
Torrens Island Power Station is located on Torrens Island, near Adelaide, South Australia and is operated by AGL Energy. It burns natural gas in eight steam turbines to generate up to 1,280 MW of electricity.Photo: Peripitus, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Barker Inlet Power Station and Osborne Power Station.
Barker Inlet Power Station
Power station
Barker Inlet Power Station is a power station in South Australia. It was announced on 7 June 2017 by AGL Energy to replace part of its ageing Torrens Island Power Station and was built alongside the existing station on Torrens Island in the northwestern suburbs of Adelaide. Barker Inlet Power Station is situated 310 metres north of Torrens Island Power Station.
Osborne Power Station
Power station
Photo: Wongm, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Osborne Power Station is located in Osborne, a northwestern suburb of Adelaide, South Australia. Osborne Power Station is situated 1½ km northwest of Torrens Island Power Station.
Taperoo railway station
Railway station
Photo: Normangerman, Public domain.
Taperoo railway station is located on the Outer Harbor line. Situated in the north-western Adelaide suburb of Taperoo, it is 18.2 kilometres from Adelaide station. Taperoo railway station is situated 2 km west of Torrens Island Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Garden Island and Gillman.
Garden Island
Suburb
Garden Island is a locality in the Australian state of South Australia located in the Adelaide metropolitan area within the estuary of the Port Adelaide River about 15 kilometres north-west of the Adelaide city centre.
Gillman
Suburb
Gillman is a predominantly industrial north-western suburb of Adelaide, in the City of Port Adelaide Enfield. It is located within the federal Division of Hindmarsh and the state electoral district of Port Adelaide. Gillman is situated 3 km south of Torrens Island Power Station.
Port Adelaide, Enfield, Prospect and Outer Harbor
Photo: Luke Anderson, CC BY 2.0.
Port Adelaide, Enfield, Prospect and Outer Harbor is the area northwest of Adelaide City, home to Adelaide's port. Similar to Victor Harbor, many travellers end up wondering why the spelling of Outer Harbor is spelled Outer Harbor and not Outer Harbour unlike the rest of the Commonwealth.
Torrens Island Power Station
- Type: Power station
- Description: natural gas-fired power station in South Australia, Australia
- Categories: natural gas-fired power station and industry
- Location: South Australia, Australia, Oceania
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Latitude
-34.8065° or 34° 48′ 23″ southLongitude
138.52313° or 138° 31′ 23″ eastOperator
AGL EnergyOpen location code
4QQW5GVF+96OpenStreetMap ID
way 172714953OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q7827027
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In Other Languages
From Chinese to Ukrainian—“Torrens Island Power Station” goes by many names.
- Chinese: “多倫士島發電廠”
- French: “centrale de Torrens Island”
- French: “Centrale de Torrens Island”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Torrens Island kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Torrens Island kraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ТЕС Торренс-Айленд”
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