Kwinana Power Station
Kwinana Power Station was Synergy's second-largest power station, located in Naval Base, Western Australia. At its peak, power was produced from six turbines driven by steam from boilers fired by coal, natural gas or fuel oil, and one gas turbine.Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
- Type: Power station
- Description: coal powered power station in Perth, Western Australia
- Also known as: “KPS” and “Kwinana Power Station, Western Australia”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Cockburn Power Station and Perth Seawater Desalination Plant.
Cockburn Power Station
Power station
Cockburn Power Station is a power station in Naval Base, Western Australia within the City of Kwinana. The station was commissioned by Western Power Corporation in 2003 and is immediately south of the closed Kwinana Power Station. Cockburn Power Station is situated 280 metres south of Kwinana Power Station.
Perth Seawater Desalination Plant
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Perth Seawater Desalination Plant, located in Naval Base, south of Perth, Western Australia, turns seawater from Cockburn Sound into nearly 140 megalitres of drinking water per day, supplying the Perth metropolitan area. Perth Seawater Desalination Plant is situated 580 metres south of Kwinana Power Station.
Alcoa Jetty
Pier
Photo: Bahnfrend, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Alcoa Jetty is a pier, which is situated 1 km north of Kwinana Power Station.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Naval Base and Kwinana Beach.
Naval Base
Suburb
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Naval Base is a coastal southwestern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. It is a traditional industrial suburb in the Perth metropolitan region and contains a significant amount of heavy industry.
Kwinana Beach
Suburb
Photo: Grahame Bowland, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kwinana Beach is an outer southwestern suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Kwinana. It is one of the traditional industrial suburbs in the Perth metropolitan region. Kwinana Beach is situated 3 km south of Kwinana Power Station.
Henderson
Suburb
Photo: Calistemon, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Henderson is a suburb of Perth, Western Australia, located within the City of Cockburn. Henderson is situated 4 km north of Kwinana Power Station.
Kwinana Power Station
- Categories: coal-fired power station, oil-fired power station, and industry
- Location: Kwinana, Western Australia, Australia, Oceania
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
-32.19834° or 32° 11′ 54″ southLongitude
115.77534° or 115° 46′ 31″ eastOpen location code
4PVQRQ2G+M4OpenStreetMap ID
way 37106534OpenStreetMap feature
landuse=industrialWikidata ID
Q6450455
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Satellite Map
Discover Kwinana Power Station from above in high-definition satellite imagery.
In Other Languages
From Norwegian to Ukrainian—“Kwinana Power Station” goes by many names.
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Kwinana kraftverk”
- Norwegian: “Kwinana kraftverk”
- Ukrainian: “ТЕС Квінана”
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Highlights include Kwinana BESS 1 and NewGen Power Station.
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