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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

Place Type

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

PlaceID	60651

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Gingin Airport at 02/11:30pm WST

Distance from Pinjar Gas Turbine Station 11.38km N

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
13.0°C	9.9°C	83%	10.2°C	1007.3hPa	12.4mm	NW	17km/hr 9knots	24km/hr 13knots

Closest Climatic Station

Gingin Aero

Distance from Pinjar Gas Turbine Station 11.38km N

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	33.1	33.3	30.9	26.6	23.0	19.6	18.3	18.9	20.5	24.2	27.9	30.6
Mean Min. °C	16.3	17.0	15.2	11.9	9.3	7.5	6.1	6.3	7.3	9.1	11.9	14.4
Mean Rain mm	15.9	9.5	13.8	26.2	74.9	115.4	123.7	106.1	84.4	37.2	21.8	10.8