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Gladstone Power Station Substation Rebuild Project takes time and teamwork
Gladstone Power Station Substation
Rebuild Project takes time & teamwork Story contributed:
Paul Woods
In the 19 November 2010 edition of Moving Forward, we introduced the Gladstone Power Station Substation Rebuild project. Stage A of this project - Calliope River Substation - is now nearing completion and will be commissioned from mid May this year. Stages B and C will continue with final commissioning scheduled for mid 2015.
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This complex project – 14 substation bays and 17 feeders – engaged the experience and cooperation from many teams across Powerlink who worked together to overcome technical difficulties, environmental sensitivities, diverse stakeholder needs and safety requirements. Over the past five years, the electricity demand in Central Queensland has increased by 20% and is forecast to continue to grow by a further 9% in the coming five years. The growth in electricity usage
in Central Queensland and the Gladstone region is being driven by strong growth in the industrial, coal mining and minerals processing sectors and will continue into the future (although not necessarily at the same pace as recent years). The Gladstone Power Station substation was built in the 1970’s and forty years later, the equipment is approaching its end of life. With the Power Station operations scheduled to continue past 2029 and electricity demand
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increasing, the substation needed to be replaced. Limitations relating to the clearance requirements.
Engineering The EBU was responsible for all design including civil, environmental, structural, electrical, construction and automation, as well as equipment purchasing and project management. The lines team contributed to the highest density tower of configurations within the network by adding 22 towers and 10 poles to the small piece of real estate.