Cockburn Power Station

Cockburn Power Station
Country	Australia
Location	Naval Base
Coordinates	32°12′01″S 115°46′27″E
Status	Operational
Commission date	2003
Owners	Synergy Verve Energy WPC
Operator	Synergy
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Natural gas
Combined cycle?	Yes
Power generation
Units operational	1 × 80 MW 1 × 160 MW
Make and model	Alstom GT13E2 (1) steam turbine (1)
Nameplate capacity	240 MW

Cockburn Power Station (CKB) is a power station in Naval Base, Western Australia within the City of Kwinana. The station was commissioned by Western Power Corporation in 2003 and is immediately south of the closed Kwinana Power Station. It has a 160 MW natural gas powered Alstom GT13E2 gas turbine which provides steam to an 80 MW steam turbine that together generate a total 240 MW of electricity.^[1] It was the first combined cycle gas turbine power station in Western Australia.^[2] It came under the control of Verve Energy in 2006 when Western Power was split, and since 2014 has been under control of Synergy.^[3]

References

1. Kwinana Power Station and Cockburn Power Station Environmental Improvement Plan, "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 5 April 2011. Retrieved 9 April 2012.
2. "Taking control of information management: Cockburn combined-cycle power plant in Western Australia". ABB Group. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
3. "Power stations". Synergy. Archived from the original on 27 October 2020. Retrieved 17 October 2019.

External links

• "Cockburn Power Station". Verve Energy. Archived from the original on 22 August 2006.
• "Cockburn Power Station Units (Stages One and Two)". SMEC. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013.