Kwinana Power Station

Kwinana Power Station is Synergy's second-largest power station and is located in Naval Base, Western Australia. It has four turbines driven by steam from boilers fired by coal, natural gas or fuel oil, and one gas turbine. In 2015, it has a capacity of 420 MW. It has since been retired.

Kwinana Power Station
Country	Australia
Location	Kwinana, Western Australia
Coordinates	32°11′55″S 115°46′29″E
Status	Retired
Commission date	1970
Decommission date	2015
Owner(s)	Synergy
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Coal, Natural Gas
Turbine technology	Steam cycle
Cooling source	Sea water
Power generation
Units operational	C A Parsons
Nameplate capacity	660 MW
External links
Website	www.synergy.net.au

The station was originally built in 1970 as an oil-fired power station, however it was later converted to coal due to the rising price of oil caused by the 1973 oil crisis. This project received an 'Engineering Excellence Award' from the Institution of Engineers Australia (Engineers Australia) in 1980.[1]

A 21 megawatts gas turbine, able to be operated on natural gas or diesel fuel, was added in 1972. With greatly increased availability of natural gas from the North West Shelf Venture project, natural gas firing was introduced in the mid 1980s. In 2005 oil burning was re-introduced making the power station unique in Western Australia as it could burn the three fuels - coal, natural gas and oil.

Two units of 240 megawatts capacity of natural gas and oil-fired steam turbines were retired in late 2008. Synergy added two LMS100 gas turbines in 2012.[2] These high-efficiency gas turbines each have the capacity to produce 100 megawatts of electricity.

The power station was completely retired in 2015.[3]