Horizon Power :: West Pilbara Power Station

Horizon Power has commenced work to build the most efficient gas-fired power station on the Pilbara’s North West Interconnected System (NWIS).

The power station will be constructed, owned and operated by Canadian Power company ATCO Power and will supply electricity to residential and business consumers in the NWIS under a long-term contract with Horizon Power.

The site of the power station is situated next to Horizon Power’s Head Office in Karratha on land owned by Horizon Power and directly adjacent to Horizon Power’s 132KV substation, giving it a direct link into the local network.

This power station will bring added security to the rapidly-growing North West Interconnected System. The new power station will be built to an initial capacity of 86MW but will be designed to grow to meet the growing needs of the region.

The power station will initially be comprised of two 43MW high-efficiency gas turbines and can be augmented with a heat recovery steam generator (HRSG) that will generate electricity from waste heat. The HRSG would enable the plant to generate more than a third more electricity for the same amount of fuel.

West Pilbara Power Project update