One Powerlink: one team, one powerful responsibility 1st Edition April 2012
Gladstone Power Station Substation Rebuild Project takes time and teamwork
One Powerlink: one team, one powerful responsibility
Index April 2012
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Substation Rebuild Project takes time and teamwork
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
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Simon’s Column This complex project – 14 substation bays and 17 feeders – engaged the experience and cooperation from.
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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 increasing, the substation needed to be replaced. Limitations relating to the clearance requirements of the Gladstone site meant that it was necessary to find a new site for the new substation. The site chosen was approximately 2.5km to the west of.
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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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his 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 increasing, the substation needed to be replaced. Limitations relating to the clearance requirements of the Gladstone site meant that it was necessary to find a new site for the new substation. The site chosen was approximately 2.5km to the west of the existing Gladstone Substation on Black Harry Island. The new location provided a suite of challenges which were overcome through hard work, cooperation across lots of different teams and some innovative thinking. Here’s just some of the work that went in to the successful completion of this project.
Substation Rebuild Project takes time and teamwork
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.
Environmental Strategies
The size of the new substation and biodiversity guidelines required some clearing of vegetation in the area. As such a five year rehabilitation plan was created to reduce impacts associated with the clearing of vegetation – such as fragmentation and the loss of native vegetation and habitat. Rehabilitation work focused on re-establishing a native vegetation community 4 One Powerlink
that is similar to the area which had to be cleared, and protect the native fauna using initiatives like nesting box management plans.
Customer Group
As always, this team contributed by helping to manage those stakeholders whose agendas aren’t harmoniously linked with those of Powerlink Queensland.
Health and Safety Services
The Health and Safety services group was responsible for monitoring contractor employee management practices. The conditions in Gladstone during the project were at times, hot and humid so one of the activities undertaken was replacing all sugar and caffeine based drinks with water and electrolyte based drinks.
Corporate Communications
A campaign was implemented aimed at the local council, to ensure that goodwill was maintained throughout the project.
Network Field Services
The NFS group is responsible for all commissioning activities. The Calliope River Substation will be carrying load by mid May 2012, with project works to continue into 2015 as the existing power station substation is progressively decommissioned, demolished and rebuilt. The substation connects the Gladstone Power Station to the transmission network and helps in the transmission of electricity north and south. It is also an important link in the supply of residential, commercial and industrial customers in the Gladstone area.
Limitations relating to the clearance requirements of the Gladstone site meant that it was necessary to find a new site for the new substation.
Competition
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