Newman
Newman Power Station (Newman) is a 105MW Open Cycle Gas Turbine (OCGT) power station located adjacent to the Newman mining township in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The plant currently provides 100% of the power requirement of the isolated grid which supplies electricity to the Mt Newman Joint Venture. The Joint Venture is the sole customer of the power station under power purchase agreements that run until 2014
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Description |
126MW OCGT power station |
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Location |
Mt Newman Joint Venture mining lease |
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Operating Mode |
Intermediate |
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Acquired |
August 2007 |
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BBP % ownership |
100% |
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Asset age |
Three dual fuel units commissioned in 1996 |
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Revenue |
PPAs until 2014 |
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Fuel Supply |
Natural gas and distillate fuel supplied by BHP Billiton for the term of the power purchase agreement (2014) |
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Operations & Maintenance |
Undertaken in-house by Alinta Energy | |
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