The redevelopment of Beaconsfield West Substation is a $144 million investment to secure the power supply of Sydney’s inner metropolitan area and central business district for the future.
This project is just one part of a five year, $2.4 billion plan by TransGrid to build new or upgrade existing substations and transmission lines across New South Wales.
What is the project?
The Beaconsfield West Substation is located on Burrows Road in Alexandria. The Substation is a vital component of TransGrid’s existing transmission network in securing future power supply into Sydney’s CBD.
The Beaconsfield West Substation was commissioned in 1979 as the first major electricity supply to Sydney’s inner metropolitan area.
TransGrid has purchased the two sites adjacent to the existing substation on Burrows Road. For the upgrade, TransGrid propose to:
- Establish two buildings to house new 132kV gas insulated switchgear (one on each site)
- Install a third 330/132kV transformer (on southern site)
- Install two 132kV 160MVAr capacitor banks (on northern site)
- Establish a gantry across the site for cable connections.
Construction will be done in two phases.The building, transformer and upgrades on the southern site will be completed first, followed by the northern site.
The redevelopment, including a new transformer, will increase the substation’s capacity by about 50%.
Where are we up to?
A Review of Environmental Factors (REF) was prepared to assess the potential environmental impacts of the project.
The review covers land use, noise, hours of work, traffic and access, flood levels, flora and fauna, cultural heritage, visual amenity and landscape, geology and soils, and electric and magnetic fields. Impacts such as noise, traffic, air and water quality are mostly limited to the construction phase. These would be managed through a Construction Environmental Management Plan. The REF was on public display in December 2009 and the submission period has now closed.
Work is scheduled to start in April 2010.
Further information
For further information, please contact us on 1800 222 537.
Project updates
| Review of Environmental Factors |
December 2009 |
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| Final Report |
February 2009 |
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| Application Notice |
November 2007 |
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