Temporary Generation North

Temporary Generation North and its smaller sibling Temporary Generation South were gas turbine power stations in . They were bought by the Government of South Australia in 2017 as a response to the 2016 South Australian blackout and load-shedding in February 2017.
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Nurlutta railway station and Elizabeth South railway station.

Railway station
is located on the Gawler line. Situated in the northern suburb of , it is 21.5 kilometres from . is situated 1 km southwest of Temporary Generation North.

Railway station
Photo: Normangerman, Public domain.
is located on the Gawler line. Situated on the border of northern suburbs of Elizabeth South and , it is 24 kilometres from . is situated 1½ km north of Temporary Generation North.

School
is a secondary public school located at 14 Farley Grove in the suburb of Salisbury North, , . Established in 1959, in 2023 had a student population of 1061 and employed 79 teaching staff. is situated 1½ km southwest of Temporary Generation North.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Salisbury, Playford and Tea Tree Gully and Direk.

are three local government areas in the northern suburbs of .

Suburb
is a suburb located in the , , . It is bounded by Heaslip Road, Diment Road, Bolivar Road and the Adelaide-Port Augusta railway line. is situated 4½ km northwest of Temporary Generation North.

Suburb
is a northern suburb of , , in the . William Penfold, one of the first settlers in the area, subdivided land he had bought in the Hundred of Munno Para in 1856 to create the township of . is situated 7 km northwest of Temporary Generation North.

Temporary Generation North

Latitude
-34.74398° or 34° 44′ 38″ south
Longitude
138.65288° or 138° 39′ 10″ east
Operator
Government of South Australia
Open location code
4QQW7M43+C5
Open­Street­Map ID
way 720089093
Open­Street­Map feature
landuse=­industrial
Wiki­data ID
Q65052510
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