Kwinana Power Station
KPS 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.
A 20 MW gas turbine, able to be operated on natural gas or diesel fuel, was added in 1972 and took the total nameplate rating to 900 MW which was the station's peak. 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.
The original station operated:
- Two 120 MW steam turbines (oil/gas/coal fired) as A units 1 & 2 from 1970/1 to September 2010
- Two 120 MW steam turbines (oil/gas/coal fired) as B units 3 & 4 from 1972/3 to December 2008
- Two 200 MW steam turbines (oil/gas/coal fired) as C units 5 & 6 from 1978/9 to October 2015
- One 20 MW gas turbine from 1972
References
- ^ "Project Profile: Kwinana Power Station Phase 3 Demolition and Rehabilitation Project" (PDF). McMahon Services. 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
Kwinana Power Station, which closed in 2015, ... was first commissioned in November 1970.
- ^ "Power stations".
- ^ "Conversion of Kwinana Power Station from Oil to Coal Firing". University of Melbourne. Retrieved 14 August 2009.
- ^ "Kwinana Power Station". Power Technology. 8 May 2011. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
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