The Premier of Victoria John Brumby was joined by Victorian Energy and Resources Minister Peter Batchelor at the site 12 km west of Mortlake, in southwestern Victoria, to turn the first sod on construction of the station today.
Origin executive general manager major development projects Andrew Stock said that the power station would supply the equivalent of peak power to 250,000 homes.
“Mortlake’s open cycle gas turbine technology will provide cleaner peaking power producing approximately 50 per cent lower greenhouse gas emissions than existing brown coal-fired generators,” said Mr Stock.
The $A35 million pipeline contract has been awarded to AJ Lucas Group, and preliminary work on it is already underway. Once constructed, the 500 mm diameter gas pipeline will supply the plant with natural gas at a transmission pressure of 15 MPa, from the Otway Gas processing plant near Port Campbell.
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The pipeline is expected to be completed by May 2009.
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