The Pelican Point Power Station is a $400 million dollar project undertaken by National Power. National Power was established in 1991 when the UK's State owned Central Electricity Power Board was privatized. Employing more than 4500 staff, National Power is one of Europe's top 100 companies.

In February 1999 National Power tendered for and won the right to build Australia's most advanced power station. The State Government nominated Pelican Point as the preferred location because of the land availability, proximity to the states main gas supply pipeline, availability of cooling water and ease of connection to the existing transmission grid at nearby Torrens Island.

Regardless of the lease of ETSA, South Australia needs a new power station to meet the states increasing electricity needs. The power stations design features include:

500MW capacity
Two energy efficient gas turbines, each 165MW
Two waste heat boilers
One steam turbine, 170MW
Direct Sea water cooling

The building of the power station will have created over 400 jobs in South Australia during its construction and will maintain a permanent staff of 30 at the site once completed. Over $3 million dollars each year will go into the local community economy and the project increases the potential for further economical development in the region.

Delnote Constructions at Pelican Point

At Pelican Point, Delnote Constructions has completed the construction of the following

Condenser pit footing
Control / Elect building
Cooling water offshore works
Construction transformer footing
Emergency diesel slab
Electro-chlorination building
Feed water area 1
Feed water are 2
Steam turbine foundation
ST transformer enclosure bay
Store / Workshop building
Waste water retention basin
Water treatment area
Seal and pump pit

The picture above shows our employees continuing the wall for the Waste Water Retention Basin. As you can see all of the safety hand rails are in place, ensuring a safe working environment.

The total subcontract was worth $2 million dollars. The majority of the contract was labour including formwork, concrete placement, concrete pumping and other materials.