Kwinana
Kwinana Power Station is unique in WA in that it can burn three fuels - coal, gas and oil. Kwinana Power Station consists of two generating units and a 20MW capacity gas turbine. The station has a total generating capacity of 420MW or enough energy to light 4 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 and Stage A in September 2010. Two high efficiency gas turbines (HEGTs) are being built and will be operating in 2012.