SWANBANK E POWER STATION
Just 11km from the heart of Ipswich sits Swanbank E Gas-fired Power Station. Once part of a precinct of coal-fired power stations, Swanbank E remains the only operating asset on the site and one of Queensland’s most efficient firming assets, generating 385MW of lower-emission energy.
CleanCo pays its respects to the past, present and emerging elders of the Yugera, Ugurapul and Jagera People, the traditional custodians of the land on which Swanbank E Power Station operates.
Operations
- Technology: Gas-fired Power Station
- Capacity: 385MW
- Commissioned: 2002
- Location: Swanbank
The Alstom GT26 is a single shaft machine where a Gas Turbine and Steam Turbine are connected to a single generator.
The gas turbine generates up to 240MW of power and exhaust waste heats through a Heat Recovery Steam Generator (HRSG) which produces steam energy sufficient to generate up to a further 145MW of power via the steam turbine. Swanbank E receives gas from multiple sources in the Surat Basin including the Kogan North gas field near Dalby, which CleanCo jointly owns with Australia CBM Pty Ltd and Arrow CSG. Gas travels from the Surat Basin to Swanbank E via the Roma to Brisbane pipeline.
To minimise environmental impact, Swanbank E uses recycled water for all the station’s cooling needs.
Creating a clean energy hub for the future
It is CleanCo’s ambition to transform the Swanbank site into a Clean Energy Hub, ensuring long-term jobs and economic opportunities.
The Swanbank Power Station Precinct has played an important role in supporting Queensland’s resource and energy supply for more than 60 years. The 330ha site has a proud history of coal mining and coal generation but its future is in sustainable, low-emission energy.
History of Swanbank
Commissioned in 1963, Swanbank A was the first of four coal-fired power stations with Swanbank B commissioned in 1971, C in 1969 and D in 1999. All four power stations have been decommissioned with the Swanbank B the last to be decommissioned in 2010.
What sets Swanbank E apart from its coal-fired predecessors is that it is powered by an Alstom GT26 Gas Turbine, which produces less than half the greenhouse gas emissions and at the time of commission in 2002, was Australia’s largest gas turbine.
It also broke the world record in 2011 for continuous operation, running for 254 days straight prior to shutting down for planned maintenance.
Swanbank fuel supply
Swanbank E receives gas from multiple sources in the Surat Basin including from the Kogan North Gas Field, located near Dalby.
This gas field is jointly owned by CleanCo, and Australian CBM Pty Ltd and Arrow CSG (Australia) Pty Ltd (together the Arrow JV Parties). CleanCo has 50 per cent ownership in the Kogan North Gas Field, and Arrow Energy Pty Ltd is the current joint venture operator of the Kogan North development program.
Gas sourced from the Surat Basin travels to Swanbank E via the Roma to Brisbane pipeline.
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