Mica Creek Power Station is located 5 km south of Mount Isa in north-west Queensland, Australia.
It was natural gas powered with 12 turbines of various sizes that generate a combined capacity of 318 MW of electricity.
[1] For more than 54 years, Mica Creek was the sole large-scale supplier of electricity to mining and residential communities in the State's north west.
[3] At the end of 2014, the requirement for generation from Mica Creek was reduced to less than 100 MW, in line with the commissioning of Diamantina Power Station.
[3] The Mica Creek Power Station was officially shut down at 8.00am AEST on 1 January 2021 as the last of its contracts were completed.