Where is the greater port moresby pumped hydro energy
The chairman of Papua New Guinea Power, Andrew Ogil, says they hope to be able to provide an uninterrupted electricity supply to Port Moresby once a hydro power station
Port Moresby Power Station, 2023. The 58MW Port Moresby Power Station is PNG's first dedicated grid connected gas-fired power plant and is located in Port Moresby near the PNG LNG project plant site.
“ NiuPower is pleased and proud to have developed PNG's first ever dedicated grid-connected gas fired power station. Our customer, PNG Power Limited, are on record as saying that the NiuPower Port Moresby Power Station coming online will save them, and thus the nation, up to K100 million annually.
"POM Power Station has been a nation-building infrastructure project in Papua New Guinea that will transform the lives of those in the community. The recently completed project also achieved Zero Harm; this is an incredible accomplishment on a project of this scale in a challenging environment, and a credit to all involved." Clough, 2019.
Replacing heavy fuel oil and diesel, the gas-fired power plant also brings a material reduction in the environmental impact from power generation in PNG. The Project is designed to be capable of staged expansion to approximately 175 MW with the cost for the initial 58 MW plant being ~US$100 million.
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