Kwinana Cogeneration Plant
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| Coordinates | 32°13′23″S 115°45′59″E / 32.22319°S 115.76627°E |
| Status | Operational |
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| Combined cycle? | Yes |
| Cogeneration? | Yes |
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Kwinana Cogeneration Plant was a cogeneration facility located 40 kilometres (25 mi) south of Perth, Western Australia that operated from 1996 until 2021. It provided steam and electrical power to BP's Kwinana Oil Refinery and electricity to Synergy.
As a cogeneration plant, Kwinana supplied both steam and electrical power to its two customers. Steam production from the plant came predominantly from the waste heat from the gas turbine exhausts and was supported by burning refinery fuel gas from the oil refinery using 'Duct Burners' inside the heat recovery steam generators. The steam produced drove a steam turbine, further enhancing the plant's efficiency, with BP's steam supply coming from the extraction port on the steam turbine after some pressure and temperature had been lost.
Kwinana produced 119 MW of electricity,[1] or approximately 6% of Western Australia's requirements.[2] It was primarily fueled by natural gas from Western Australia's North West Shelf gas fields and delivered to the plant by the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline.