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RATCH-Australia

RATCH-Australia Corporation (RAC) is an Australian electricity generation company. It is a subsidiary of RATCH Group (formerly known as Ratchaburi Electricity Generating Holding Company), a public company listed on the Stock Exchange of Thailand. RATCH-Australia owns both renewable energy and fossil fuel power stations in Australia.

01History

In 2007, Transfield Services spun-off its infrastructure assets into the Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund. In November 2007, it acquired five further power generation assets from Stanwell Corporation and Tarong Energy.

RATCH-Australia was established in July 2011 when its parent company bought an 80% stake in Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund via a scheme of arrangement.

Power stations owned by RATCH-Australia are:

Power stationCapacity (MW)SourceStateRemarks
Collector Wind Farm228WindNew South WalesTo open 2021
Collinsville Power Station42SolarQueenslandPreviously 190 MW coal power station decommissioned in 2018.
Kemerton Power Station261Natural gasWestern Australia
Kwinana Cogeneration Plant120Natural gasWestern AustraliaAlso provides steam to the adjacent Kwinana Oil Refinery
Mount Emerald Wind Farm180WindQueensland
Starfish Hill Wind Farm34.5WindSouth Australia
Toora Wind Farm21WindVictoria
Townsville Power Station242Coal seam gasQueenslandCombined cycle gas and steam turbines
Windy Hill Wind Farm12WindQueensland
Yandin Wind Farm338WindWestern Australia
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