THE wet season has done nothing to delay MSF Sugar’s Tableland green energy plant, with the ambitious project on track for a mid-year commissioning.
The $75 million project has reached several major construction milestones since the start of the year, following the arrival of an $18 million steam turbine generator in late 2017.
TGEPP Project Manager Mark Magnanini said the Tableland Green Energy Power Plant (TGEPP) was continuing full steam ahead as the project targets a mid-year commissioning.
He said the numbers of workers on site would increase from between 50 and 80 to 150 in the next month as construction ramps up.
“In January, we erected a 38.35m chimney stack and assembled the furnace chamber, cooling tower, steam transformer and the high and low voltage electrical switchrooms,” Mr Magnanini said.
“A shipment of break bulk packages arrived at the Port of Cairns last week.
“This contained the structural and fabricated steel for the flue gas interconnections of the plant’s components, between the boiler and chimney stack.”
Mr Magnanini said the boiler would be hydro tested next month, with other major commissioning activities scheduled to take place in June before the planned project completion in July.
