Diesel and Gas-Engine Power Plants
in Australia and New Zealand

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 Posted 13 May 2006	Daandine Location: Australia 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 Reposted 13 Jan 2008	Lord Howe Island Location: Australia 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 Posted 20 Jun 2009
Moranbah North Location: Australia 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 Posted 3 Oct 2009	Mount Isa Xtrata Location: Australia 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 Reposted 13 Jan 2008	Mount St John WWTP Location: Australia 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 Posted 20 Oct 2004
Plutonic Mine-2 Location: Australia Operator: Barrick Mining Co (Australia) Ltd Configuration: 4 X 4.1 MW 18V34SG engines Operation: 1997 Fuel: natural gas E/G supplier: Wartsila Quick facts: This gas power plant runs in parallel to an older diesel plant to supply baseload electricity for a remote gold mine 940km northeast of Perth. Photograph courtesy of Wartsila Posted 10 Jul 2005	Ron Goodin Location: Australia Operator: Power & Water Authority 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 Posted 11 Jul 2001	Rottnest Island Location: Australia 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 Posted 31 Mar 2001
	Selwyn Location: Australia Operator: Selwyn Mines Ltd Configuration: 2 X 2.9 MW 12RK270 engines Operation: 1987 (ret 2003) Fuel: diesel oil E/G supplier: Ruston Quick facts: Two gensets supplied baseload electricity to the Selwyn copper-gold mine site 150km southeast of Mt Isa, QLD. Mining and processing of copper-gold ores started in November 1987, stopped in March 1999 due to financial difficulties of the owners, restarted in March 2000, and stopped again in 2003. Photograph courtesy of GEC Alsthom Paxman Posted 31 Jan 2001

Abbreviations:  E/G = engine/generator