Background

Tallawarra Power Station, owned by EnergyAustralia, is a state-of-the-art combined cycle, natural gas power station located on the shores of Lake Illawarra in New South Wales.

Commencing operation in January 2009, it is one of Australia's most environmentally efficient, large-scale gas-fired power stations. The station’s generation capacity is 435 MW – which is enough power to supply up to 200,000 homes.

A major outage at the plant was scheduled for the third quarter of 2014, which included an inspection of the gas turbine; an inspection of the LP steam turbine and generator. These works are complex and involve a large increase in the work force numbers. Indeed, whilst the station normally has 38 staff, during the outage it is estimated that the work force would increase to about 350.

 

Our role

Thomson Bridge has been commissioned to undertake a review of the Tallawarra Power Station’s HV operating procedures and safe access systems. Once this review is complete, we will develop tailored training materials for on site training delivery.

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