Verve Energy was a
Western Australian Government owned
corporation
A corporation or body corporate is an individual or a group of people, such as an association or company, that has been authorized by the State (polity), state to act as a single entity (a legal entity recognized by private and public law as ...
responsible for operating the state's electricity generators on the state's
South West Interconnected System (SWIS).
It was split from the then
vertically integrated Western Power Corporation in 2006, during reforms to the state's electricity sector. The company was merged into
Synergy
Synergy is an interaction or cooperation giving rise to a whole that is greater than the simple sum of its parts (i.e., a non-linear addition of force, energy, or effect). The term ''synergy'' comes from the Attic Greek word συνεργία ' f ...
in 2014.
[On 1 January 2014, Verve ceased trading following a merger with Synergy, the WA State Government owned energy retailer for the South West Interconnected System. The retail and generating entity trades under the business name "Synergy".
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Generators
Verve Energy owned five major
power station
A power station, also referred to as a power plant and sometimes generating station or generating plant, is an industrial facility for the electricity generation, generation of electric power. Power stations are generally connected to an electr ...
s, supplying electricity to the South West Interconnected System:
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Muja Power Station, east of
Collie
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Collie Power Station, in Collie
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Kwinana Power Station, in
Naval Base heavy industrial suburb
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Cockburn Power Station, in
Cockburn
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Pinjar Power Station, in
Pinjar
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Mungarra Power Station
In addition it owned various other generation plants, including the
Albany Wind Farm, wind diesel, and
biomass
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facilities.
References
External links
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Government of Western Australia - Office of EnergyGovernment of Western Australia - Office of Energy - Electricity Reform Implementation Unit
Australian companies established in 2006
Companies based in Perth, Western Australia
Defunct electric power companies of Australia
Energy companies established in 2006
Energy in Western Australia
Government-owned companies of Western Australia
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