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Power Stations

Cockburn Power PlantVerve Energy owns and operates four major power stations – Kwinana, Cockburn, Pinjar and Muja, while a fifth at Collie is owned by us and operated by a private company.

Our smaller power stations are situated at Mungarra, West Kalgoorlie, and Geraldton, and our joint venture power stations at Tiwest at Kwinana and Worsley near Collie.

We also have an agreement with owners of Kemerton Peaking Plant, near Collie, to purchase electricity during peak demand.

These power stations are in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS), which extends from Kalbarri in the north, east to Kalgoorlie, and south to Albany.

Muja

Muja Power Station is situated 225 kilometres south east of Perth and 22 kilometres east of Collie.
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Kwinana

Kwinana Power Station is Verve Energy's second biggest power station, behind Muja Power Station.
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Cockburn

Cockburn Power Station uses combined-cycle technology which features capturing exhaust heat from a gas turbine and using the heat to drive a steam turbine.
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Collie

Collie Power Station is a coal-fired power station situated 10km north of Collie.
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Pinjar

Pinjar Gas Turbine Power Station is located 15km north of Wanneroo, on the northern outskirts of the Perth metropolitan area.
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Kemerton

Kemerton Gas Fired Peaking Station, near Bunbury, is a peaking power station built specifically to cater for peak electricity demand.
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Mungarra

The three gas turbines at our Mungarra Gas Turbine Power Station have the capacity to produce 112MW of electricity.
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West Kalgoorlie, Geraldton and Kwinana Tiwest

West Kalgoorlie and Geraldton are both gas turbine power stations that are primarily used for peak demand. Kwinana Tiwest is a co-generation plant producing electricity and steam.t.
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Joint Venture

Worsley is a joint venture power station.
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Generating Capacity

Verve Energy has reduced its generating capacity to below 3000MW.
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Did you know?

Verve Energy's power stations are in the South West Interconnected System (SWIS), which extends from Kalbarri in the north, east to Kalgoorlie, and south to Albany.