Western Australian energy generator and retailer Synergy has demolished the second boiler at the former Kwinana coal-fired power station south of Perth on Sunday, part of the site’s ongoing decommissioning.
The work has been going on since early last year when Synergy began systematically deconstructing the two iconic chimney stacks that had dominated the region’s skyline since the 1970s.
The chimney stacks were taken apart piece-by-piece to avoid anything falling on nearby infrastructure, such as the new big battery, but the first of the power station’s two boilers was demolished in a controlled explosion last November.
The second of the two boilers at the site was similarly demolished on Sunday using small explosive charges.
The demolition was carried out early on Sunday morning at 9am, serving as a somewhat rude awakening for many nearby residents who reported feeling the blast many kilometres away.
