Kwinana Cogeneration Plant
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The Kwinana Cogeneration Plant is located 40 kilometres south of Perth, Western Australia. The plant supplies steam and electrical power directly to the BP Australia Kwinana Oil Refinery and electricity only to the state owned utility, Verve Energy. The Kwinana plant is jointly owned by a consortium of International Power plc and Mitsui & Co., Ltd (IPM) and Transfield Services. The partnership trades as the Perth Power Partnership, with IPM owning 70 per cent and Transfield owning 30 per cent. The plant was commissioned in December 1996 and produces 118 MW of electricity- about six percent of Western Australia’s requirements. It employs 20 people. Kwinana is primarily fuelled by the natural gas from Western Australia’s North West Shelf gas fields. The gas is delivered to the plant by the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas pipeline. As a cogeneration plant, Kwinana supplies both steam and electrical power. Steam production from the plant is supported by burning refinery fuel gas from the BP Refinery. Waste heat from the gas turbine exhausts is used to drive a steam turbine, further enhancing the efficiency of the plant. |
Kwinana Cogeneration Plant Please click on the link below to view the Kwinana Information Brochure. |
