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Cabras
Location: Guam
Owner: Guam Power Authority
Configuration: 2 X 66 MW steam, 2 X 40 MW 12K80MC-S engines
Operation: 1974-1996
Fuel: heavy oil
Boiler supplier: B&W
E/G supplier: MAN B&W, Hanjung
EPC: Merz, Taihei Dengyo Kaisha Ltd
Quick facts: This is the largest power plant on Guam. Operations at the
plant have been turned over to private contractors under Performance Management Contracts (PMC). In 2003, Taiwan Electrical and Mechanical Engineering Services was awarded the PMC
for Cabras 1&2 and in 2005 Doosan Engine was awarded the contract for
Cabras 3&4, thereby completing the management privatization of all
of GPA’s baseload power plants. The engines run in combined cycle with a
1.6-MW steam set from Peter Brotherhood.
Photograph courtesy of
Guam Advance Enterprises
Posted 9 Mar 2006
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Newport D
Location: Australia (VIC)
Operator: Ecogen Energy
Configuration: 1 X 510 MW
Operation: 1980
Fuel: natural gas, distillate oil
Boiler supplier: ICL
T/G supplier: BBC
Quick facts: Newport was sold by the State of Victoria to AES Corp in
1999. Photograph courtesy of
Prime Infrastructure Management Ltd
Posted 9 Oct 2004 |
Loloho
Location: Papua New Guinea
Owner: Bougainville Copper Ltd (BCL)
Configuration: 3 X 45 MW
Operation: 1971
Fuel: heavy oil
Boiler supplier: Babcock-Hitachi
T/G supplier: Toshiba
Quick facts: This power station on Anewha Bay was built to supply
electricity for the massive BCL copper mine in the mountains 28km road
miles southwest of the coastal facilities. In addition to the steam sets,
there were two John Brown 6001B combustion turbines installed in 1984. In
Nov 1988, BCL facilities were attacked and damaged as part of generalized
civil unrest in Bougainville and there were further attacks in Apr and May
1989 leading to BCL’s withdrawal from the island in Mar 1990. Arrangements
were made with local contractors for the care and surveillance of BCL’s
assets on the island but this arrangement proved untenable and the Loloho
power station ran out of fuel and closed on 1 Jun 1990. There have been
intermittent discussions on re-opening the mine, but thus far without
result.
Photograph by Simon Woolley
Posted 12 Apr 2008
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New Plymouth
Location: New Zealand
Operator: Contact Energy Ltd
Configuration: 5 X 120 MW
Operation: 1974-1975 (ret)
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: ICL
T/G supplier: Parsons
EPC: New Zealand Public Works Dept, Downer & Co
Quick facts: Construction at new Plymouth began in 1968 and the
station was designed to use natural gas from the Maui and TAW gas fields.
In 2005, the plant was modified to allow for fuel oil usage in
emergencies. When completed in 1972, the 198m stack was the tallest
manmade structure in New Zealand. It consists of a 90ft diameter
reinforced concrete windshield and five 11f diameter brick flues with
almost a 1mn bricks in ttoal The stack designer was Karrena Feuerungsbau. New Plymouth was retired in 2007.
Photograph by Pakaraki (wikipedia)
Posted 13 Oct 2010 |
Marsden-A
Location: New Zealand
Operator: Mighty River Power
Configuration: 2 X 120 MW
Operation: 1967 (ret)
Fuel: fuel oil
Boiler supplier: Babcock & Wilcox Canada
T/G supplier: AEG
Quick facts: The EPC work for Marsden-A was a joint venture between
Fletcher Construction Co, Downer & Co, and Wilkins and Davis Ltd. The project began in 1965. The "A" plant
was demolished ca 1997. Photo is from 1976 showing the Marsden-B unit
under construction in the foreground.
Photograph courtesy of The
Fletcher Trust
Posted 23 Oct 2010 |
Marsden-B
Location: New Zealand
Operator: Mighty River Power
Configuration: 1 X 250 MW
Operation: 1979 (completed, never operated)
Fuel: fuel oil
Boiler supplier: MHI
T/G supplier: MHI, Melco
Quick facts: In Nov 2004, Mighty River Power filed a "Resource Consent
Applications and Assessment of Environmental Effects" as part of a public
consultation process to repower the Marsden-B, a 250-MW oil-fired unit
completed in 1979, but never commissioned. The site has the required
transmission and cooling system infrastructure and a deepwater port on
Bream Bay. The Marsden-B stack was demolished in Oct 1997 along with fuel
storage tanks and the main "A" power station components. In Mar 2007,
Mighty River terminated the Marsden-B repowering effort. In Sep 2009, it
was reported that the main equipment had been sold to an Indian company
for NZ$20.4mn for planned dismantling and removal overseas.
Photograph by Michael
Cunningham courtesy of www.northernadvocate.com.nz
Posted 23 Oct 2010 |
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Torrens Island
Location: Australia (SA)
Operator: CLP Power Australia
Configuration: 4 X 120 MW, 4 X 200 MW
Operation: 1967-1981
Fuel: natural gas, oil
Boiler supplier: Carves, Dodds, BPL
T/G supplier: Parsons
Quick facts: Torrens Island is Australia's single largest end-user of
natural gas. In May 2000, the station was leased by TXU Australia for a
100yr term. The asset was sold to Singapore Power Intl in 2004 and sold
again to CLP in May 2005.
Photograph courtesy of
TXU Australia
Posted 9 Oct 2004 |
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