❓ A parliamentary question regarding the operational status of Western Power's gas turbines in the Goldfields region during a period of power restrictions ('Black Wednesday'). The answer details the availability of the turbines and reasons for any downtime.
AnsweredQoN 2667Legislative Assembly
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(1) Will the Minister advise the number of, and location of each Power generating unit that is owned by Western Power and situated in the Goldfields region?
(2) Will the Minister advise if every one of these units were in operation on ‘Black Wednesday’ being the day that West Australians were recently forced to endure power restrictions?
(3) If not, will the Minister advise the reason that each of these units were not in operation on that day?
(2) Will the Minister advise if every one of these units were in operation on ‘Black Wednesday’ being the day that West Australians were recently forced to endure power restrictions?
(3) If not, will the Minister advise the reason that each of these units were not in operation on that day?
AnswerView source ↗
Answered
11 May 2004
Responded by
Minister for Energy
Response time
62 days
The Board and the Government have accepted the Committee's findings and recommendations and are currently working on the implementation of the recommendations. Western Power advises that: 1) Western Power has two Diesel fired Gas Turbines (GT) situated in the Goldfields region totalling 55MW (35MW + 20MW). 2) The 20MW GT was unavailable, however, was not required given the load reduction brought about by the emergency restriction order. 3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
Western Power advises that: 1) Western Power has two Diesel fired Gas Turbines (GT) situated in the Goldfields region totalling 55MW (35MW + 20MW). 2) The 20MW GT was unavailable, however, was not required given the load reduction brought about by the emergency restriction order. 3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
1) Western Power has two Diesel fired Gas Turbines (GT) situated in the Goldfields region totalling 55MW (35MW + 20MW). 2) The 20MW GT was unavailable, however, was not required given the load reduction brought about by the emergency restriction order. 3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
2) The 20MW GT was unavailable, however, was not required given the load reduction brought about by the emergency restriction order. 3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
Western Power advises that: 1) Western Power has two Diesel fired Gas Turbines (GT) situated in the Goldfields region totalling 55MW (35MW + 20MW). 2) The 20MW GT was unavailable, however, was not required given the load reduction brought about by the emergency restriction order. 3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
1) Western Power has two Diesel fired Gas Turbines (GT) situated in the Goldfields region totalling 55MW (35MW + 20MW). 2) The 20MW GT was unavailable, however, was not required given the load reduction brought about by the emergency restriction order. 3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
2) The 20MW GT was unavailable, however, was not required given the load reduction brought about by the emergency restriction order. 3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
3) System Operations attempted to start the 20MW GT on the morning of Wednesday 18 February, however, there was a power supply failure in the control system and it was unable to be utilised. GT personnel tried to utilise the local staff in Kalgoorlie at the time to fix the problem, however it became apparent that this was beyond their technical capability. Personnel from the GT section were dispatched to Kalgoorlie and the turbine was available the following day.
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