CCGT Power Plants in Australia - other states

Bairnsdale Location: VIC Operator:Babcock and Brown Power Configuration: 2 X 46 MW LM6000PD gas turbines Operation: 2001-2002 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE, IHI EPC: IHI Quick facts: This project was developed by Westcoast Energy Australia and Texas Utilities and acquired by Duke Energy International in Apr 2000. Unit-1 was commissioned in Jun 2001, the state’s first new power station in 10yrs. Ownership transferred to Alinta in Oct 2005 and, in Aug 2007, Alinta was taken over by a consortium of Singapore Power and Babcock & Brown. Gas is supplied to Bairnsdale through the 795km Eastern Gas Pipeline. Photograph courtesy of Alinta Posted 10 Sep 2008	Channel Island Location: NT Operator: Power and Water Corp Configuration: 69-MW, 2+1 CCGT with 6001B gas turbines, 3 X 32 MW 6001B, 1 X 46-MW LM6000S gas turbines Operation: 1986-2000 Fuel: natural gas, LPG HRSG supplier: ?? T/G supplier: GE, John Brown, MHI, Brush EPC: GHD Quick facts: In 1998, the world's first ice plant for inlet air cooling started-up at Channel Island. The installation includes five 500kW Sullair screw compressors, five Baltimore Aircoil CXV 435 evaporative condensers, 96 BAC ice builder coils that can make 1,400t of ice to provide 130,000 kWh (36,932 ton-hours) of storage, three BAC wet air cooler modules that cool inlet air from 37°C to 9°C, and two concrete tanks 15m X 15m X 7m high. The Channel Island development included 58km of 132kV line and a 132kV GIS switchyard. Photograph courtesy of Power and Water Corp Posted 15 Mar 2001	Channel Island Units 8&9 Location: NT Operator: Power and Water Corp Configuration: 2 X 58 MW Trent 60 gas turbines Operation: 2012 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: Rolls-Royce EPC: GHD Quick facts: These units will be maintained under a Rolls-Royce LTSA. They entered commercial operation in Nov 2011. The project started in Mar 2010 and cost A$120mn. Photograph courtesy of Rolls-Royce Posted 28 Apr 2011
Jeeralang Location: VIC Operator: Ecogen Energy Configuration: 4 X 57 MW V93.1 gas turbines, 3 X 80 MW 9001BTG gas turbines Operation: 1977-1980 Fuel: natural gas, distillate oil T/G supplier: Siemens, Alsthom Quick facts: Jeeralang was sold by the State of Victoria to AES Corp in 1999. Photograph courtesy of Prime Infrastructure Management Ltd Posted 9 Oct 2004	Ladbroke Grove Location: SA Operator: Origin Energy Configuration: 2 X 40 MW LM6000 gas turbines Operation: 2000 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE EPC: Alstom Photograph courtesy of Origin Energy Posted 6 Jun 2001	Laverton North Location: VIC Operator: Snowy Hydro Ltd Configuration: 2 X 160-MW V94.2 gas turbines Operation: 2006 Fuel: natural gas, diesel oil T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Siemens Quick facts: In Oct 2004, this A$150mn turnkey project was announced and it completed in Dec 2006. Photograph by Marcus Wong (wikipedia) Posted 17 Nov 2010
Mortlake Location: SA Operator: Origin Energy Configuration: 4 X 275 MW SGT5-4000F gas turbines Operation: 2012 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: Siemens EPC: Bilfinger Quick facts: This GT plant is 12km west of Mortlake town in southest Victoria. The scheme is near an existing 500kV line and required a new 83km undergorund natural gas pipeline. Construction was approved on 4 Jul 2008 and the first unit was declared ready for dispatch on 3 Jan 2012. Photograph courtesy of Origin Energy Posted 1 Feb 2012	Pelican Point Location: SA Operator: Australian National Power Configuration: 480-MW, 2+1 CCGT with GT13E2 gas turbines Operation: 2001 Fuel: natural gas HRSG supplier: ABB T/G supplier: ABB EPC: ABB Photograph courtesy of Australian National Power Posted 19 Apr 2001	Quarantine GT 1-4 Location: SA Operator: Origin Energy Configuration: 4 X 25 MW GT10B gas turbines Operation: 2001-2002 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: Alstom EPC: Alstom Quick facts: This shows the first four GTs at Quarantine with Adelaide's Port River in the foreground. A 120-MW GT was commissioned at the site in Feb 2009. Nearby is the Torrens Island power station. Torrens Island had a quarantine station as early as 1855 and this was run by the South Australian government until 1909 when it passed to the national government and was used as an army internment camp during World War I. It was closed in 1979 as a human quarantine station. Photograph by Peripitus (wikimedia) Posted 28 Feb 2009
Snuggery Location: SA Operator: Synergen Configuration: 3 X 21 MW Olympus gas turbines Operation: 1978 Fuel: distillate oil T/G supplier: RR EPC: Curtiss-Wright Photograph courtesy of International Power plc Posted 30 Aug 2006	Somerton Location: VIC Operator: AGL Power Generation Configuration: 4 X 37-MW Frame 6B gas turbines Operation: 2001 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: Thomassen Photograph courtesy of Agility Asset Mgmt Posted 29 May 2003	Tamar Valley Location: TAS Operator: Aurora Energy (Tamar Valley) Pty Ltd Configuration: 3 X 40-MW FT8 gas turbines, 1 X 60-MW Trent 60 gas turbine, 210-MW CCGT with M701DA gas turbine Operation: 2006-2009 Fuel: natural gas, oil HRSG supplier: Nooter/Eriksen T/G supplier: P&W, Rolls-Royce, MHI, Melco EPC: Capital Turbines, Sinclair, United Group, GHD, TCE Engineering Quick facts: The Tamar Valley complex was officially commissioned on 26 Oct 2009. It is Tasmania's largest thermal power plant and was built-out on the site of the retired Bell Bay oil-fired plant (2 X 125 MW, photo rear). The total investment in new plant was A$451mn. The FT8 GTs were relocated from Burlington power station in New Jersey and the Trent was the first of its type in Australia. Original plant development was by Alinta per a PPA with Aurora Energy in Oct 2006. Alinta then sold out to Babcock & Brown in 2006, and the project was sold on to Aurora in Oct 2009. Photograph courtesy of Aurora Energy Pty Ltd Posted 28 Oct 2009
	Weddell Location: NT Operator: Power & Water Authority Configuration: 2 X 43-MW LM6000PD gas turbines Operation: 2008 Fuel: natural gas T/G supplier: GE Quick facts: Weddell PS is the largest electricity generation project in the Northern Territory in the last 20yrs. It comprises approximately 30% of the generating capacity on the Darwin-Katherine interconnected system. The two units cost A$126.6MN and 40 local companies have contributed to the project. Plans are in hand to convert the station to CCGT operation by adding a 30-MW steam set. Photograph courtesy of Power and Water Corp Posted 1 Nov 2008

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