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AE&E HIRES NEW APPRENTICES TO START WORK AT CONDAMINE

AE&E Australia is happy to announce it has formally signed its first two apprentices onto the Condamine combined cycle power project in Queensland, Australia.

Junior apprentice David Smith is a local lad from Chinchilla, who wishes to work on large AE&E construction sites such as Condamine. In the center is Robert Reis, technical and further education officer at the Southern Downs Institute of TAFE.

Closest to the camera is Geoffry Scott, Geoff is AE&E's first mature apprentice, Geoff enjoys working on project work, he has previous experience from working in heavy industry however he also enjoys the challenges associated with working in heavy fabrication work on projects such as Condamine.

Condamine Power Station is located 8km east of Miles, Queensland. The Power Station will use proven combined-cycle technology to generate power. In a combined cycle gas turbine plant, a gas turbine generator generates electricity and the waste heat exiting the gas turbine is used to make steam to generate additional electricity. This technology is more efficient in producing electricity than coal-fired power stations, and also produces significantly less greenhouse gases.

The Power Station will consist of 2 Siemens SGT-800 Gas Turbines and 2 Austrian Energy & Environment Heat Recovery Steam Generators which will capture the hot exhausts gases from the gas turbines in order to generate steam. The steam will then power a Steam Turbine Generator, producing additional electricity without the need of additional fuel. The power station will also include Cooling Water systems and a Water Treatment plant. Condamine Power Station will operate 24 hours a day and produce a nominal 140MW of electricity to the grid.
 

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