Diesel and Gas-Engine Power Plants
in Australia and New Zealand
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Awapuni Landfill Location: New Zealand Operator: Palmerston North City Council Configuration: 1 X 1 MW TBG620 engine CHP Operation: 2006 Fuel: landfill gas E/G supplier: Deutz EPC: Energen Solutions Quick facts: The City Council uses the bulk of the electricity output from this plant to power the Totara Road Wastewater Treatment Plant. $1.2mn of funding was supplied from the Austrian Government, which paid the City Council to reduce greenhouse gas emission from the landfill under its Kyoto Protocol agreement.
Photograph courtesy of
Palmerston North City Council |
Daandine Location: QLD Operator: APA Group Configuration: 11 X 3.041 MW JGS 620 GS-NL engines Fuel: coal bed methane Operation: 2006-2007 E/G supplier: Jenbacher EPC: APA Group Quick facts: In Jun 2006, APA concluded agreements with Arrow Energy (AOE) to build, own and operate this $A29mn power station at Kogan, west of Brisbane. The facility is powered by approximately 2PJ/yr of coal seam gas from Arrow Energy’s nearby Daandine gas field. Electricity generated is supplied to the southern Queensland grid. The power station is located adjacent to APA’s Kogan North Central Gas Processing Facility which processes coal-seam gas for delivery into the Roma to Brisbane Pipeline. Photograph courtesy of APA Group |
Glennies Creek Location: NSW Operator: Envirogen Pty Ltd Configuration: 10 X 1.01-MW JGS 320 GS-SLengines Fuel: mines gas Operation: 2007 E/G supplier: Jenbacher EPC: Clarke Energy Quick facts: In Nov 2007, Envirogen commissioned its fourth CBM power station at Glennies Creek Colliery, near Singleton, one of the newer underground coal mines in the Hunter Valley. The project was initially supported by grants from the Australian Greenhouse Office. Photograph courtesy of Clarke Energy |
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Lord Howe Island Location: NSW Operator: Lord Howe Island Board Configuration: 4 X 300 kW Series 60 engines Fuel: diesel oil Operation: 2008 E/G supplier: MTU Detroit Diesel Quick facts: Lord Howe Island is in the Tasman Sea between Australia and New Zealand and about 700km from mainland Australia. It was discovered in 1788 by Lieutenant Henry Lidgbird Ball, commander of the First Fleet ship Supply, and Ball named the uninhabited island after British Admiral Richard Howe. The island was first settled in 1834 and now has about 350 inhabitants. The Lord Howe Island Board is a NSW Statutory Authority established under the Lord Howe Island Act 1953 to administer the island, which is part of New South Wales.
Photograph courtesy of Lord Howe Island Board
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Moranbah North Location: QLD Operator: Energy Developments Ltd Configuration: 15 X 3-MW J620 engines Fuel: mines gas Operation: 2009 E/G supplier: Jenbacher EPC: Clarke Energy Quick facts: The Anglo Coal Moranbah North mine is located in the northern part of Queensland's Bowen Basin about 1,100km north of Brisbane. This A$60mn power station using coal mine waste gas gas is a follow-on to the EDL German Creek project in central QLD. The new power station was formally opened on 29 Sep 2009 by Queensland Minister for Mines and Energy Stephen Robertson. Photograph courtesy of Energy Developments Ltd |
Mount Isa X41 Location: QLD Operator: Xstrata plc Configuration: 11 X 3.041 MW JGS 620 GS-NL engines Fuel: natural gas Operation: 2007 E/G supplier: Jenbacher EPC: Clarke Energy, APA Group Quick facts: On 5 Nov 2007, the Premier of Queensland, the Hon Anna Bligh MP, opened an A$38mn development which includes a new power station and upgrades to the electricity infrastructure in northwest Queensland. The power station is wholly owned by APA Group and supplies the Mount Isa mines, copper smelter, and zinc-lead concentrator, the George Fisher Mine, and CopperCo’s Lady Annie Project 120km north of Mount Isa. These capital improvements and the X41 power station represent an investment of more than A$400mn. The power station receives gas via APA’s Carpentaria Gas Pipeline and its Mount Isa Town Lateral Pipeline, recently upgraded at a cost of A$3mn. Photograph courtesy of APA Group |
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Mount St John WWTP Location: QLD Operator: Stanwell Corp Configuration: 1 X 115 kW BK 2876T1 engine Operation: 2000 Fuel: digester gas E/G supplier: MAN B&W, Stamford Quick facts: This is one of two Stanwell Corp biogas power plants at Citiwater treatment works in Townsville.
Photograph courtesy of
Stanwell Corp |
Owen Springs Location: NT Operator: Power & Water Corp Configuration: 3 X 10.9 MW 12V51/60DF engines Operation: 2010 Fuel: natural gas, diesel oil E/G supplier: MAN Diesel & Turbo Quick facts: In Sep 2010, final testing began on this A$160mn power station at Alice Springs. The dual-fuel engines were ordered in 2008 and shipped to the site from Saint Nazaire. Construction got underway in Oct 2009. In addition to the engines, the project includes two 66kV transmission circuits between the power station switchyard and Lovegrove substations and a gas pipeline lateral from the Palm Valley/Alice Springs pipeline to Owen Springs.
Photograph courtesy of MAN Diesel & Turbo |
Plutonic Mine-2 Photograph courtesy of
Wartsila
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Ron Goodin Location: NT Operator: Power & Water Corp Configuration: 60 MW Operation: 1974-1987 Fuel: diesel oil, natural gas E/G supplier: SEMT, Mirrlees Quick facts: The Ron Goodin power station serves the famously remote town of Alice Springs in Australia's Northern Territory. Photograph courtesy of
Power and Water Authority |
Rottnest Island Location: WA Operator: Rottnest Island Authority Configuration: 5 X 300 kW KTA19G2 engines Operation: 1987-1996 Fuel: diesel oil E/G supplier: Cummins, Stamford Quick facts: Rottnest Island is 19km offshore from the coast of Western Australia, not far from Perth. It was at different times an Aboriginal penal settlement, a World War I POW camp, a place for salt gathering, and a World War II military installation. It is now a regional holiday resort with superb beaches and snorkeling.
Photograph courtesy of Rottnest Island Authority |
Selwyn
Photograph courtesy of GEC Alsthom Paxman |
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Toowoomba Location: QLD Operator: DDC Energy Services Configuration: 3 X 1.5 MW engines CHP Operation: 2007 Fuel: natural gas E/G supplier: MTU EPC: DDC Energy Services, Synchrotec, Boilerland Quick facts: This central energy project was built from Feb-Nov 2006. It is designed to provide all of KR Castlemaine Foods electrical and thermal energy, with surplus electricity available for export to the grid as required by ERGON to meet local demand. DDCES will own and operate the plant for 15yrs.
Photograph courtesy of DDC Energy Services Pty Ltd |
Wellington Hospital Location: New Zealand Operator: Wellington Hospital Configuration: 4 X 2.5 MW KP8 engines CHP Operation: 1983 Fuel: natural gas, diesel oil E/G supplier: Mirrlees EPC: Kerslake & Partners, Edwards Clendon & Partners, Fletcher Development Construction Ltd, Hawker Siddeley Engineering Pty Ltd Quick facts: At completion, this was the largest hospital total energy centre in the southern hemisphere and remains the only complex of its kind supplying a New Zealand hospital. Tenders were called in Dec 1975 to provide 8.3 MWe daily electrical peak, refrigeration demand of 10.12 MW, and peak winter heating demand of 12.31 MW, this including steam, high-temperature hot water for heating, and process loads.
Photograph courtesy of IPENZ Engineering Heritage |
Data: industcards, Platts UDI World Electric Power Plants Data Base
Updated 01/12/11