220MW GE LMS100 

Open Cycle Gas Turbine Power Plant


Project Facts at a Glance 

  • 2x GE LMS100 Open Cycle Gas Turbine Powerplants, the first matched pair in the Southern Hemisphere 
  • Total Construction Management, from being handed a bare site
  • Managed up to 250x site staff and contractors
  • Practical completion achieved in just 15 months 
  • Project cost USD$264 Million

Of significance construction was completed in a region with extreme rainfall and weather conditions


Project photo Gallery
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  • June 2009 - Being handed a bare site
  • Gas Turbine foundation piling
  • Civil Works preparations
  • Reinforcing steel prior to pour
  • Reinforcing steel prior to pour
  • Reinforcing steel prior to pour
  • Reinforcing steel prior to pour
  • LMS100 Gas Turbine Generator package erection
  • LMS100 Gas Turbine Generator package erection
  • LMS100 Gas Turbine Generator package erection
  • LMS100 Gas Turbine Generator package erection
  • Transformer lifted and placed onto pad
  • LMS100 Gas Turbine Generator package erection
  • LMS100 Gas Turbine Generator package erection
  •  Main site pre-start meeting
  • Ready for Civils and roading finishing to commence
  • Control room construction
  • Cooling Tower construction
  • Cooling Tower construction
  • Mechanical engineers' site walkdown
  • Power transformer blast walls
  • Power Transformer heavy lifted onto pad
  • One of many Switchboards
  • Cooling Tower completed ready for commissioning
  • 15 months later - 220MW Open Cycle Gas turbine Power plant facility completed
  • 15 months later - 220MW Open Cycle Gas turbine Power plant facility completed
  • 15 months later - 220MW Open Cycle Gas turbine Power plant facility completed
  • 15 months later - 220MW Open Cycle Gas turbine Power plant facility completed