Kwinana Cogeneration Plant is located south of
Perth, Western Australia. It provides steam and electrical power to the BP Australia
Kwinana Oil Refinery and electricity only to
Synergy
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History
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, the State owned generator/retailer.
As a cogeneration plant, Kwinana supplies both steam and electrical power to its two customers. Steam production from the plant comes predominantly from the
waste heat from the gas turbine exhausts and is supported by burning refinery fuel gas from the BP Refinery using 'Duct Burners' inside the
Heat Recovery Steam Generators (HRSG). The steam produced drives a steam turbine, further enhancing the plant's efficiency, with BP's steam supply coming from the extraction port on the steam turbine after some pressure and temperature has been lost.
Kwinana produces 119MW of electricity, or approximately 6% of Western Australia's requirements.
It is primarily fueled by
natural gas from Western Australia's
North West Shelf
The North West Shelf is a continental shelf region of Western Australia. It includes an extensive petroleum, oil and natural gas, gas region off the North West Australia coast in the Pilbara region.
Geology
Considerable parts of the region are t ...
gas fields and delivered to the plant by the
Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline. The plant is certified for its environmental practices (ISO 14001), quality assurance (ISO 9001) and health and safety (AS4801 & BS18001).
History
Edison Mission Energy commenced construction of the Plant in 1994 and it was commissioned and entered commercial operation in December 1996.
The Kwinana plant is now jointly owned by GDF SUEZ and
Mitsui & Co., Ltd and
RATCH-Australia. The partnership trades as the Perth Power Partnership, with GDF SUEZ Australian Energy and Mitsui & Co., Ltd owning 70 per cent and RATCH-Australia owning 30 per cent.
References
{{Energy in Western Australia
Energy infrastructure completed in 1996
Cogeneration power stations in Australia
Natural gas-fired power stations in Western Australia
Kwinana Beach, Western Australia