New power station on the agenda
Fri, 7 October 2011
APA Group and AGL Energy will jointly develop a 242 megawatt gas-fired power station in Mount Isa, Queensland, following the signing of a long-term agreement to supply electricity to Xstrata Mount Isa Mines through to 2030.
The Diamantina Power Station will be a combined-cycle power station consisting of two Siemens 121 megawatt (MW) combined-cycle gas-turbine units. The power station is expected to become fully operational in March 2014, with the first 121 MW unit operational in December 2013.
The power station will be supplied with gas sourced from Surat Basin CSG reserves and transported through existing gas pipeline infrastructure to Mount Isa. A new gas compressor station is to be built at Ballera to provide a second option for transfer of gas between the southwest Queensland pipeline and APA’s Carpentaria Pipeline.
Site works are planned to commence in the first quarter of 2012 with development approvals already in progress with the Mount Isa City Council.
Want to read more on this story? Click here to sign up for a free PPO News and Projects trial.
Image caption: Mount Isa, Queensland.
Share this article on the web:
Categories:
Power generation,
Projects
For more information visit:
Related Articles
· Capturing carbon at Callide
· Eastern Star Gas to supply ERM Power station
Tue, 18 May 2010
· Cougar commissions pilot UCG plant
Fri, 5 February 2010
· Enerflex debottles the DBNGP
· Taloona comes online
Thu, 7 May 2009
· Wrapping up major gas projects in Australia
· Colongra cruises along
Tell a friend
