Coal-Fired Power Station Supplying Demineralised Water to Neighbouring Gas-Fired Power Station

Summary

Western Power’s coal-fired power station in Kwinana supplies excess high quality water generated from their reverse osmosis (RO) treatment system to its neighbouring gas-fired power station. The water treatment system processes water extracted from the groundwater under their fly-ash storage area in order to control the groundwater plume under the stockpile. The gas-fired power station uses the supplied RO water as boiler feed water.

Industry

Industry Sector	Specific Industry
energy utility sector	coal-fired power station gas-fired power station

Region

Kwinana Industrial Area, Kwinana, Western Australia

Applied Technologies

• reverse osmosis water treatment plant

Triple Bottom Line Aspects (direct at operational level)

Economic	generated company income
Environmental	reduced use of scheme water by gas-fired power station
Social	increased employee satisfaction due to improved environmental performance of power stations increased availability of scheme water for residential uses

Additional Comments

None.

References

• van Beers, D, Bossilkov, A and van Berkel, R (2005) “Capturing Regional Synergies in the Kwinana Industrial Area – 2005 Status Report”, CSRP Report (for Project 3B1), August 2005

Last Update

23 November 2005