It had five coal powered steam turbines with a combined generation capacity of 190 MW of electricity.

RATCH-Australia, the operator of the plant, is in the process of decommissioning and putting under care and maintenance the Collinsville coal-fired power station.

[5] CIMIC Group's UGL Limited has the contracts for engineering, procurement and construction expected to take 13 months followed by operation and maintenance for five years.

[2] Carbon Monitoring for Action estimated this power station emitted 1.34 million tonnes of greenhouse gases each year as a result of burning coal.

[7] The Gillard government announced the introduction of a Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme commencing in 2010 to help combat climate change, which was expected to impact on emissions from power stations.