Bulwer Island
Cogeneration Plant
The Bulwer Island Cogeneration Plant serves all the electric and
thermal energy needs related to the expansion of BP’s Bulwer Island
refinery in Queensland, Australia.
The 33-megawatt electrical and 55-megawatt thermal-equivalent
cogeneration/combined-cycle power plant provides energy to BP's Queensland
Clean Fuels Project. BP's expansion at Bulwer Island was part of a
$500-million (Australian) effort to produce transportation fuels with the
world's lowest level of sulphur dioxide.
The Cogeneration Plant was part of the Queensland Clean Fuels Project
which won the 2001 Australian Construction Achievement Award.
ATCO Power led project development and participated in construction,
management and commissioning and provides the operations manager.
ATCO and Origin Energy of
Australia each hold a 50% ownership interest in the Bulwer Island
Cogeneration Project.
Further Documents
Press Release
Thursday, July 5, 2001
Tuesday, February 27, 2001
Thursday, February 25, 1999
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Capacity
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- 33 megawatts
- 150 tonnes/hr of steam
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Equipment
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- Two 13-megawatt Alstom Cyclone gas turbines each equipped with TEI-Senior
heat recovery system generator designed to produce a total of
90-tonnes per hour of steam
- 7-megawatt Peter Brotherhood steam turbine
- One 60-tonne/hr Rolls Royce John Thompson boiler designed to run on
both natural gas and refinery off gas.
- One 130-tonne/hr demineralization plant supplied by AquaClear.
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Highlights
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- Low emissions SOx and NOx. High overall thermal efficiency (~75%).
- Utilizes recycled water from the Brisbane City Luggage Point
facility for the demineralization plant and for the cooling system.
- Can provide "islanding capability" for the refinery in the
event of loss of power from the grid.
- Long-term energy services agreement with BP
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Commissioning Date
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Ownership
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- ATCO – 50% *
- Origin Energy – 50%
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*ATCO Ownership is 80% ATCO Power Ltd. and 20% ATCO Ltd.
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