Channel Island Power Station

It is positioned on an island in the Middle Arm of Darwin Harbour, supplying electricity to the Darwin-Katherine Interconnected System.At that time, plant in use at Channel Island included 5 General Electric generators capable of running on either natural gas or diesel fuel in addition to a more modern 40MW GE LM6000 gas turbine generator installed by Leighton Contractors.[9] In 2021 the Government of the Northern Territory awarded a tender for the construction of a 35 MVA battery storage power station to be built at Channel Island.[10] Also in 2021, Territory Generation ordered a trailer-mounted GE TM2500 aeroderivative gas turbine for Channel Island.Rated at 22 MW, this unit is capable of running on renewable hydrogen and is compatible with the Battery Energy Storage System currently being installed.
Channel Island, Northern TerritoryCommission dateTerritory GenerationNatural gasDieselNameplate capacityNorthern TerritoryDarwin HarbourPowerWaterStokes Hill Power Stationcombined cycle power plantWeddell Power StationGeneral ElectricGE LM6000Leighton Contractorswaste heatRolls-Royce Trentbase loadGovernment of the Northern Territorybattery storage power stationsolar panelsaeroderivative gas turbineNational Trust of Australia (Victoria)CPB ContractorsRolls-Royce HoldingsBerrimahKatherineOwen SpringsRon GoodinWeddellStokes Hill