Torrens Island Power Station B is an open cycle steam turbine gas-fired power station, comprised of four 200 MW generating units. One of the units was mothballed in 2021, meaning the current total capacity of the plant is 600 MW.

Construction on ‘B’ Station was completed in 1976, making it one of South Australia’s oldest operating power stations. It is scheduled to close on 30 June 2028.

AGL began progressively closing Torrens Island ‘A’ Station in September 2020, with two units closing at that time. The third unit closed in September 2021, and the final unit closed in September 2022 after 55 years of service. Over this period A Station supplied approximately 200 million MWh of energy to the South Australian market.

The decommissioning and demolition process is underway with the assistance of an experienced local demolition contractor and includes ‘make safe’ work such as the removal of all liquids, gases and electrical hazards from the plant, hazardous materials (asbestos) removal, and eventual demolition.