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Kwinana Power Station is unique in WA in that it can burn three fuels, coal, gas and oil. Kwinana Power Station consists of four generating units and a 20MW capacity gas turbine. The station has a total generating capacity of 660MW or enough energy to light 6.6 million 100 watt globes.
It is connected by 66,000 volt, 132,000 volt and 330,000 volt transmission lines to the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) an area which stretches north to Kalbarri, south to Albany and east to Kalgoorlie.
Kwinana Power Station is located 40 kilometres south of Perth. It was officially opened on 20 November 1970 by the then Premier of WA, Sir David Brand. It was designed and constructed as an oil-fired power station, however due to increases in the world price of oil, it was converted to coal. Gas firing was later introduced and oil firing reintroduced in 2005.
Kwinana Power Station Stage B was closed in December 2008. Two high efficiency gas turbines (HEGTs) are being built and will be operating before the summer of 2011-12.
Kwinana and Cockburn Power Station's EIP
This is Verve Energy's second Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) which has been prepared to improve our environmental performance.
In 2007, Verve Energy produced our first EIP for Kwinana Power Station with consultation and input from the community, the environmental regulator (DEC) and our people at KPS. The result was a well-balanced, accountable and progressive plan to improve Kwinana Power Station's environmental performance as coal burning continued.
Of 15 priority action items identified in the first EIP, 13 have been carried out and the remaining two are in progress and are included in the second EIP
In the 2009/2010 EIP, Verve Energy widened the scope to focus on issues for both Kwinana and Cockburn power stations. It covers all environmental issues, not just those associated with coal burning.
The 2009/2010 EIP commenced in December 2009 and will be reviewed internally on a monthly basis.
The EIP's can be viewed below.
2009/10 Kwinana and Cockburn Power Stations EIP
2008/09 Kwinana Power Station Coal Burning EIP