Kwinana Power Station
Kwinana Power Station is Synergy's second-largest power station and is located in Naval Base, Western Australia. It has four turbines driven by steam from boilers fired by coal, natural gas or fuel oil, and one gas turbine. In 2015, it has a capacity of 420 MW. It has since been retired.
| Kwinana Power Station | |
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| Country | Australia |
| Location | Kwinana, Western Australia |
| Coordinates | 32°11′55″S 115°46′29″E |
| Status | Retired |
| Commission date | 1970 |
| Decommission date | 2015 |
| Owner(s) | Synergy |
| Thermal power station | |
| Primary fuel | Coal, Natural Gas |
| Turbine technology | Steam cycle |
| Cooling source | Sea water |
| Power generation | |
| Units operational | C A Parsons |
| Nameplate capacity | 660 MW |
| External links | |
| Website | www.synergy.net.au |
The station was originally built in 1970 as an oil-fired power station, however it was later converted to coal due to the rising price of oil caused by the 1973 oil crisis. This project received an 'Engineering Excellence Award' from the Institution of Engineers Australia (Engineers Australia) in 1980.[1]
A 21 megawatts gas turbine, able to be operated on natural gas or diesel fuel, was added in 1972. With greatly increased availability of natural gas from the North West Shelf Venture project, natural gas firing was introduced in the mid 1980s. In 2005 oil burning was re-introduced making the power station unique in Western Australia as it could burn the three fuels - coal, natural gas and oil.
Two units of 240 megawatts capacity of natural gas and oil-fired steam turbines were retired in late 2008. Synergy added two LMS100 gas turbines in 2012.[2] These high-efficiency gas turbines each have the capacity to produce 100 megawatts of electricity.
The power station was completely retired in 2015.[3]
References
- "Conversion of Kwinana Power Station from Oil to Coal Firing". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- "Australia: United Group wins Verve Energy gas turbine EPC contract". The Free Library. October 2009.
- "Kwinana Power Station - SourceWatch". www.sourcewatch.org. Retrieved 2019-08-12.