Newman Power Station

Power station in Newman, Western Australia

23°20′38″S 119°42′32″E / 23.344°S 119.709°E / -23.344; 119.709StatusOperationalCommission date

1996

Owner(s)

Alinta Energy

Operator(s)

Alinta Energy

Thermal power station Primary fuel

Natural gas

Secondary fuel

Diesel fuel

Power generationNameplate capacity

178 MW

Storage capacity

11 MW h

External linksWebsitewww.apa.com.au/our-services/other-energy-services/gas-fired-power-generation1/newman-power-station-and-battery/

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Newman Power Station is a power station in Newman, Western Australia, located about 1,186 kilometres (737 mi) north of Perth, and 9 kilometres (5.6 mi) north of the Tropic of Capricorn. It is a 178-megawatt (239,000 hp) natural-gas-fired power station servicing BHP's isolated grid. Newman currently provides 100% of the power requirement of the islanded grid which supplies electricity to the Area C mine operated by BHP.

The station was commissioned in 1996 and is owned and operated by APA Group. It receives its fuel from the Goldfields Gas Pipeline. In the event of interruptions to the gas supply, the power station can operate on diesel, and has approximately one million litres (260,000 US gal) of it stored on site.^[1]

The power station has a dedicated 121-kilometre (75 mi) transmission line to deliver electricity to the Roy Hill mine since 2015.^[2] It has four gas turbines. In 2017, a 35-megawatt (47,000 hp) 40-gigajoule (11 MWh) battery was installed to provide increased reliability and reserve.^[3]

References

^ "Newman Power Station". Alinta Energy. Retrieved 13 October 2019.
^ Hastie, Hamish (23 August 2019). "Alinta to expand Pilbara power plant to feed energy-hungry miner". Sydney Morning Herald.
^ Parkinson, Giles (12 August 2019). "Alinta sees sub 5-year payback for unsubsidised big battery at Newman". Renew Economy. Retrieved 13 October 2019.