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Collie
Location: WA
Operator: Transfield Worley Power Services
Configuration: 1 X 350 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Operation: 1999
Boiler supplier: Clyde Babcock-Hitachi
T/G supplier: ABB
EPC: ABB
Quick facts: Since Mar 2005, this unit has been operated by Transfield
Worley Power Services on behalf of asset owner verv Energy. Coal is delivered via a 7.5km conveyor system from the Ewington and Premier opencut mines: this was engineered by Barclay Mowlem.
Photograph courtesy of Western Power
Posted 11 Dec 2004 |
Kwinana
Location: WA
Operator: Verve Energy
Configuration: 4 X 120 MW, 2 X 200 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal, natural gas, oil
Operation: 1970-1978
Boiler supplier: Dodds, ICL
T/G supplier: Parsons
Quick facts: Kwinana is 40km south of Perth and was officially opened on
20 Nov 1970 by the then Premier of WA, Sir David Brand. As Units 5&6 were nearing completion as oil-fired units, fuel
pricing considerations led to the decision to convert them to dual-fuel
capability. This required additional permitting and additional design
work. The Kwinana project received an 'Engineering Excellence Award'
from the Institution of Engineers Australia in 1980. Gas firing was later
introduced and oil firing reintroduced in 2005. Kwinana is unique in WA in
that it can burn these three fuels. The plant is connected by 66-, 132-,
and 330,000kV transmission lines to the South West Interconnected System (SWIS)
an area which stretches north to Kalbarri, south to Albany and east to
Kalgoorlie.
Photograph courtesy of Western Power
Posted 11 Dec 2004 |
Muja
Location: WA
Operator: Verve Energy
Configuration: 4 X 60 MW (ret), 4 X 200 MW
Fuel: subbituminous coal
Operation: 1965-1985
Boiler supplier: Dodds, ICL
T/G supplier: Parsons, Toshiba
Quick facts: This plant was built by SEC Western Australia, demerged into
Western Power, and is now run by Verve Energy, WP's successor power
company formed in Apr 2006. Muja 1-4 were retired on 30 Apr 2007. The
equipment has been put up for sale.
Photograph courtesy of SEC Western Australia
Posted 19 Jan 2004 |
