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Last updated: April 24, 2024
The construction, operation and maintenance of a nominal 320 megawatt combined cycle base load power plant at Kwinana, as documented in schedule 1 of the ministerial statement. Read more...Last updated: February 29, 2024
Woodside Energy Ltd (Woodside) proposes to construct and operate the Woodside Solar Facility in the Maitland Strategic Industrial Area, located approximately 15 kilometres south-west of Karratha, in the Pilbara region of Western Australia. The proposal will generate electricity (up to 500 megawatts) from a large-scale solar photovoltaic (PV) farm and includes energy storage (battery) infrastructure. The Proposal is only for the infrastructure associated with the generation and storage of... Read more...Last updated: August 11, 2023
The proposal is to construct a nominal 260MW peaking power plant, consisting of: two open cycle air-cooled gas turbine generator sets; standby liquid fuel storage (1.5ML of ultra low sulphur diesel); and ancillary buildings and plant. The plant will predominantly use natural gas, and will operate as a peaking plant for meeting short duration, high power demands for electricity. The plant may also operate as spinning reserve, using gas at a very low load in anticipation of high demand. The... Read more...Last updated: February 25, 2019
New Energy Corporation Pty Ltd propose to revise the Waste to Energy technology for their approved Waste to Energy and Materials Recovery Facility on Lot 1 Office Road, 3 kilometres north-east of Rockingham in the Rockingham Industrial Zone (Shire of Rockingham). Read more...Last updated: April 4, 2018
Griffin Energy Pty Ltd, proposes to construct and operate the 200MW Bluewaters Power Station on a site located approximately 4km north-east of Collie. It will be a subcritical coal fired base-load generation facility with a nominal generating capacity of up to 200MW. The Bluewaters Power Station will supply electricity to customers in the proposed Coolangatta Industrial Estate, or via the South West Interconnected System (SWIS). Read more...Last updated: April 4, 2018
Griffin Power Pty Ltd, proposes to construct and operate a 200MW coal-fired power station known as the Bluewaters Power Station Phase II (Bluewaters II) adjacent to the proposed Bluewaters Power Station (Bluewaters I) on a site located approximately 4km north-east of Collie. It would be a subcritical coal-fired base-load generation facility with a nominal generating capacity of up to 200MW. The Bluewaters II Power Station would supplement the Bluewaters I Power Station and supply electricity... Read more...Last updated: March 23, 2018
The Bluewaters Power Station Phase I and II proposals were to construct and operate a sub-critical coal-fired base-load power generating facility with a nominal generating capacity of 200 megawatts per phase, four kilometres north east of Collie. The previous Minister for Environment requested that the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA) inquire into and report on the matter of changing the implementation conditions relating to the Bluewaters Power Station proposal, with particular... Read more...Last updated: May 1, 2015
The proposal is for the construction and operation of two nominal 229 Megawatt (208 Megawatt net sent-out) subcritical coal-fired base-load generation plants (i.e. Bluewaters Power Station Phases III and IV) on a site adjacent to the existing Bluewaters Phase I and Phase II generating plants located approximately 4.5 kilometres north-east of Collie. The proposal is further documented in Ministerial Statement 837 and EPA Report 1349 . This assessment deals with a request for a change to the Time... Read more...Last updated: October 2, 2014
The proposal involves the construction and operation of a 40 Megawatt power plant fueled by up to 380,000 tonnes (+/-10%) per annum of, Eucalyptus globulus, (Bluegum) and pine plantation wastes, a pipeline for water supply, and a power line connecting the power plant to the sub-station. Inquiry under s46 in response to a request for extension of timeframe for substantial commencement, condition 3 of Ministerial Statement 791. Read more...Last updated: July 22, 2013
The proposal is to construct and operate a tidal power station across the mouth of Doctor’s Creek, near Derby, for the generation of electricity. The proposal also includes the construction of power lines to distribute power to major centres in the West Kimberley., Note:, This assessment is of a modification to the Derby Tidal Power proposal (previously reported in Bulletin 942 and Bulletin 984). Read more...Last updated: September 17, 2010
The proposal is to construct and operate the Coolimba Power Station on a site located approximately 15 kilometres (km) south-south-west of Eneabba, and to establish an approximately 20 km long and 100 metre (m) wide infrastructure corridor that will accommodate the construction and operation of: a natural gas pipeline lateral to connect the power station to either the Dampier to Bunbury Natural Gas Pipeline (DBNGP) or the Parmelia Gas Pipeline; and a 330 kV electricity transmission line to... Read more...Last updated: March 13, 2009
The proposal involves the construction and operation of a 40 Megawatt power plant fuelled by up to 380,000 tonnes (+/-10%) per annum of, Eucalyptus globulus, (Bluegum) and pine plantation wastes, a pipeline for water supply, and a power line connecting the power plant to the sub-station. Read more...Last updated: August 9, 2007
The installation of a wet compression system and associated infrastructure within the existing Kemerton Power Station, and the construction of evaporation ponds and a water pipeline to deliver water from an existing offtake located about 4 kilometres to the east. The wet compression system will enable the power station to generate additional power at ambient temperatures above International Standards Organisation conditions by eliminating the sensitivity of the installed gas turbines to ambient... Read more...Last updated: October 19, 2005
Worsley Alumina’s alumina refinery has existing approval for the production of 3.7 million tonnes per anum (Mtpa) of alumina. This proposal is for the construction and operation of a natural gas-fired, co-generation option. The proposal would be implemented in two stages, each consisting of a gas turbine with a nominal generation capacity of 120 MW electrical output and a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) of nominally 210 MW steam output. The facility would be located at the Worsley alumina... Read more...Last updated: August 6, 2003
The proposal is for a poultry litter fired power station at a site approximately 70 kilometres north of Perth on the Brand Highway near Muchea. The power station would receive poultry litter from farms across the broad Perth region. Delivery would be by covered trucks, which would enter the enclosed litter reception shed and tip onto a concrete floor. A front-end loader would be used to place the litter on to a conveyor which would place it on the stockpile. The trucks would be washed down... Read more...Last updated: May 23, 2003
The proposal is for the construction, operation, and maintainance of a natural gas fired combined cycle gas turbine (CCGT) power plant with a nominal generation capacity of 120 megawatts (MW) on a site located at Part Lot 131 Mason Road, on the southwestern corner of Donaldson Road and Burton Place, off Mason Road, Kwinana. The plant will provide approximately 1,045 gigawatt hours (GWhr) of electricity annually into the South West Interconnected System (SWIS) electricity market. Read more...Last updated: March 18, 2003
The proposal is for construction of a natural gas fired cogeneration facility on a 2.5ha site located within Alcoa’s Pinjarra Alumina Refinery. Alinta Cogeneration (Alcoa Pinjarra) Pty Ltd will own the facility and will supply steam to Alcoa for refinery purposes. Alinta Cogeneration (Alcoa Pinjarra) Pty Ltd will sell the power generated to customers within the South-West Interconnected System (SWIS). Alcoa will operate the facility within the framework of the Pinjarra refinery operations. The... Read more...Last updated: July 2, 2002
The construction and operation of a 110 MW gas-fired power station at the Boddington Gold Mine approximately 12 km north-west of Boddington and the construction of a natural gas pipeline to the power station, predominantly along the railway reserve between Pinjarra and Boddington. Read more...Last updated: January 24, 2001
The proposal is for a regional waste processing facility within the Kwinana Heavy Industrial Estate. The site is located on the Swan Coastal Plain approximately 30 kilometres south west of the Perth Central Business District and 3 kilometres north-west of the Town of Kwinana. The site is a large undeveloped piece of land which is adjacent to the British Petroleum (BP) refinery. The nearest residences are located to the north east in Hope Valley (approximately 2.6 kilometres) and to the east in... Read more...