Broome

Broome Power Station was commissioned as part of the West Kimberly Power Project (WKPP), which consists of six power stations, an LNG plant and two LNG pipelines across eight separate sites in the West Kimberly region.

At a glance

  • Project name:

    Broome

  • Owner, operator:

    EDL

  • Start of operation:

    June 2008

  • Location:

    Approximately 2300km north of Perth, Western Australia, Australia

  • Generating capacity:
    43.2 MW
  • Primary fuel:

    Liquefied natural gas

  • Generating capacity:

    43.2MW

About the Broome Power Station

The Broome Power Station, commissioned in 2008, took over from Horizon Power’s original station after 30 years of generation to provide the community not only with a 25% reduction in greenhouse gases, but to meet the needs of the growing Broome population.

A total of 17 Caterpillar gas generators and seven Cummins diesel generators are installed, creating an operating capacity of 43.2MW.

Broome Fuel Storage Facility

The Broome fuel storage facility is used to store LNG supplied via triple road trains from the Maitland LNG Plant, located 13km south west of Karratha. This facility stores and vaporises LNG for the Broome Power Station which are interconnected via a 13km high pressure MDPE pipeline.