CCGT Power Plants in Australia - WA
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Cockburn Location: WA Operator: Western Power Configuration: 240-MW, 1+1 CCGT with GT13E2 gas turbine Operation: 2003 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Alstom Quick facts: In Dec 2000, Western Power received approval to replace 30yr old gas fired plant at Kwinana. Cockburn-1 is the first stage of this program and cost about A$300mn. Photograph courtesy of Western Power |
Karratha Location: WA Operator: ATCO Power Australia Configuration: 2 X 43 MW LM6000 gas turbines Operation: 2010 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE EPC: United Group Quick facts: This peaking plant 1,600km north of Perth was announced in Nov 2008, construction started in Mar 2009, and the units commissioned in Apr 2010 slightly ahead of schedule. The station is directly adjacent to a Horizon Power 132kV substation and electricity is supplied to the Pilbara North West Interconnected System (NWIS) under a long-term contract with Horizon. Construction was completed without a single lost-time safety incident.
Photograph courtesy of ATCO |
Kemerton Location: WA Operator: Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund Configuration: 2 X 150 MW V94.2 gas turbines Operation: 2005 Fuel: natural gas,oil T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens Quick facts: In Oct 2003, a tender for a peaking plant to serve the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS) was won by Transfield Services, who proposed a greenfield plant at Kemerton 17km east of Bunbury. Financial close was in December 2003 and was undertaken by ABN Amro, Credit Agricole Indosuez, Commonwealth Bank of Australia, and RNS. The plant was built by Siemens under a A$250mn turnkey contract. Groundbreaking was in May 2004 and the plan was online in Nov 2005. The machines were uprated in June 2008.
Photograph courtesy of BlueScope Steel Ltd |
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Kwinana NewGen Location: WA Operator: ERM Power Limited Configuration: 320-MW, 1+1 CCGT with GT13E2 gas turbine CHP Operation: 1996 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Alstom Quick facts: This power station is at the Kwinana Industrial Estate 30km south of Perth. The power plant is expected to operate baseload on the South West Inter-connected System (SWIS). Gas is from the North-West Shelf delivered through the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline under long term contracts. Photograph courtesy of ERM Power |
Kwinana Refinery Location: WA Operator: International Power Australia Configuration: 118-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 6001B gas turbines CHP Operation: 1996 Fuel: natural gas, waste heat HRSG supplier: CMI T/G supplier: GE, Hitachi EPC: Black & Veatch Quick facts: This $83mn, 116-MW, gas-fired, combined-cycle plant was completed for Edison Mission at BP Australia’s Kwinana Refinery near Perth. Energy surplus to the refinery’s 40-MW load is sold to the grid. In Aug 2000, Edison Mission announced that it had sold a 30% stake in the project to Singapore’s SembCorp, retaining the remaining 70% ownership. This was later sold to to a consortium of IP and Mitsui. The fired HRSGs can use refinery offgas. Photograph courtesy of International Power plc |
Kwinana Swift Location: WA Operator: Perth Energy Configuration: 2 X 60-MW FT8 TwinPac gas turbines Operation: 2010 Fuel: diesel oil T/G supplier: Pratt & Whitney EPC: CTEC Pty Ltd Quick facts: In Oct 2008, CTEC began engineering work on the 120-MW Kwinana Swift Power Station, a project of Western Energy Pty Ltd, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Perth Energy. In Jul 2009, WA Energy Minister Peter Collier officially broke ground on the A$120mn project, which is expected to be able to get to full load in five minutes. Kwinana Swift went commercial on 20 Aug 2010 to schedule. Over 12mos, CTEC managed a job workforce of over 1,350 workers from 58 countries. Photograph courtesy of CTEC Pty Ltd |
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Murrin Murrin Location: WA Operator: Anaconda Nickel Ltd Configuration: 75-MW, 1+2 CCGT with GT10B gas turbine CHP Operation: 1998 Fuel: natural gas, waste heat HRSG supplier: Alstom T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Alstom Quick facts: Two 28-MW steam sets are supplied by fired HRSGs utilizing GT exhaust and 56 MWe equivalent of steam from the acid plant at this nickel cobalt complex. Photograph courtesy of Alstom |
Neerabup Location: WA Operator: ERM Power Limited Configuration: 2 X 165 MW SGT5-2000E gas turbines Operation: 2009 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens, Bilfinger Berger Services Quick facts: Neerabup is a peaking plant for the SWIS and located 35km north of Perth. Natural gas is supplied through a 30km lateral off the Dampier to Bunbury Pipeline. Major construction activities for the station started in Mar 2008, and commercial operations began in Oct 2009. The Neerabup project cost A$435mn and engaged more than 350 construction workers during the 18mo construction period. Photograph courtesy of ERM Power |
Pinjarra Cogen Location: WA Operator: Alcoa of Australia Configuration: 2 X 140 MW M701DA gas turbines CHP Operation: 2006-2007 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: MHI, Melco EPC: MHI, Downer Engineering Quick facts: This gas-fired cogeneration facility is at Alcoa’s refinery in southwestern WA of Western Australia about 100km south of Perth. Alinta built and owns the plant on land purchased from Alcoa while Alcoa operates and maintains the unit for Alinta. Up to 480 t/h of high-pressure steam is made available and electricity is sold into the SWIS. Photograph courtesy of Alcoa of Australia |
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Sino Iron Location: WA Operator: CITIC Pacific Mining Configuration: three 150-MW, 2+1 CCGT blocks with SGT-800 gas turbines Operation: 2011 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: AE&E T/G supplier: Siemens, Shin Nippon EPC: AE&E Quick facts: In Apr 2008, AE&E signed an EPC contract with CITIC Pacific Mining for the construction of this power station to serve the $3.5bn, greenfield Sino Iron magnetite project. The plant site is in a new port area at Cape Preston. Gas is supplied from the offshore Reindeer Gas Field.
Photograph courtesy of CITIC Pacific |
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Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 01-Feb-2012