Cockburn Power Station

Power station in Perth, Western Australia

32°12′01″S 115°46′27″E / 32.200335°S 115.774085°E / -32.200335; 115.774085 (Cockburn Power Station)

StatusOperationalCommission date

2003

Owner(s)

Synergy
Verve Energy
WPC

Operator(s)

Synergy

Thermal power station Primary fuel

Natural gas

Combined cycle?YesPower generation Units operational1 × 80 MW
1 × 160 MWMake and modelAlstom GT13E2 (1)
steam turbine (1)Nameplate capacity

240 MW

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Cockburn Power Station (CKB) is a power station in Naval Base, Western Australia within the City of Kwinana. The station was commissioned by Western Power Corporation in 2003 and is immediately south of the closed Kwinana Power Station. It has a 160 MW natural gas powered Alstom GT13E2 gas turbine which provides steam to an 80 MW steam turbine that together generate a total 240 MW of electricity.^[1] It was the first combined cycle gas turbine power station in Western Australia.^[2] It came under the control of Verve Energy in 2006 when Western Power was split, and since 2014 has been under control of Synergy.^[3]

References

^ Kwinana Power Station and Cockburn Power Station Environmental Improvement Plan, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
^ "Taking control of information management: Cockburn combined-cycle power plant in Western Australia". ABB Group. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
^ "Power stations". Synergy. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

"Cockburn Power Station". Verve Energy. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006.
"Cockburn Power Station Units (Stages One and Two)". SMEC. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013.

Energy in Western Australia

Coal