List of power plants in Australia

The power plants in Australia are shown both on a map and in tables (with key figures). The list is not complete.

Installed capacity and annual production

In 2016, Australia was in 18th place in the world in terms of installed capacity with 65,560 MW and in 19th  place in terms of annual generation with 243 billion  kWh . The degree of electrification was 100% in 2016.

map

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Caloric power plants

Name of the power plant	Inst. Power (MW)	fuel	status
Anglesea	150	Brown coal	in operation
Bayswater	2,640	Hard coal	in operation
Bluewaters	416	Hard coal	in operation
Callide B	700	Hard coal	in operation
Callide C	900	Hard coal	in operation
Channel Island	360	natural gas	in operation
collie	330	Hard coal	in operation
Colongra	667	natural gas	in operation
Eraring	2,880	Hard coal	in operation
Gladstone	1,680	Hard coal	in operation
Hazelwood	1,675	Brown coal	shut down
Kogan Creek	750	Hard coal	in operation
Kwinana	420	Hard coal	in operation
Liddell	2,000	Hard coal	in operation
Loy Yang	3,150	Brown coal	in operation
Millmerran	880	Hard coal	in operation
Mortlake	550	natural gas	in operation
Mount Piper	1,400	coal	in operation
Muja	854	Hard coal	in operation
Mungarra	112	natural gas	in operation
Neerabup	330	natural gas	in operation
Newman	108	natural gas	in operation
Newport	510	natural gas	in operation
Northern Coal	544	coal	in operation
Parkeston	110	natural gas	in operation
Pelican Point	487	GuD	in operation
Pinjar	576	natural gas	in operation
Port Hedland	210	natural gas	in operation
Stanwell	1,460	Hard coal	in operation
Tamar Valley	390	GuD	in operation
Tarong	1,400	coal	in operation
Telfer	138	natural gas	in operation
Torrens Island	1,280	natural gas	in operation
Uranquinty	640	natural gas	in operation
Vales Point	1,320	coal	in operation
Wallerawang	1,000	coal	shut down
Yallourn	1,480	Brown coal	in operation

Hydropower plants

→ Main article : List of hydropower plants in Australia

There are over 100 hydropower plants in Australia with an installed capacity of approximately 7,800 MW . The Snowy Mountains System with 3,800 MW and the hydropower plants in Tasmania with 2,600 MW have the largest share in this. In 2013, the hydropower plants provided almost 20 billion kWh, around 8% of total electricity generation. The table shows the 10 largest hydropower plants according to installed capacity.

Name of the power plant	Inst. Power (MW)	River / lake	status
Gordon	432	Gordon	in operation
Murray 1	950	Geehi	in operation
Murray 2	550	Geehi	in operation
Poatina	300	Great Lake	in operation
Reece	238	Pieman	in operation
Shoalhaven	240	Yarrunga	in operation
Tumut 1	329.6	Tumult	in operation
Tumut 2	286.4	Tumult	in operation
Tumut 3	1,500	Tumult	in operation
Wivenhoe	500	Brisbane	in operation

Wind farms

According to The Wind Power , wind turbines (WKA) with a total output of 5043 MW were recorded in Australia at the end of 2018 (in operation, under construction or planned).

Web links

Commons : Power Plants in Australia  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Remarks

1. ↑ ^{a b c d e} The power plant is part of the Snowy Mountains system .
2. ↑ ^{a b c} It is a pumped storage power plant .

Individual evidence

1. ^ The World Factbook. CIA , accessed October 1, 2016 . 
2. ^ Bluewaters Coal Power Station Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
3. ^ Callide B Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
4. ^ Callide C Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
5. ↑ Channel Iceland OCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
6. ^ Collie Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
7. ↑ Colongra OCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
8. ^ Callide C Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
9. ^ Kwinana ABC Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
10. ↑ Millmerran Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
11. ↑ Mortlake OCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
12. ↑ Mount Piper Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed October 3, 2016 . 
13. ^ Muja Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed October 3, 2016 . 
14. ↑ Mungarra OCGT Gas Power Station Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
15. ↑ Neerabup OCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
16. ↑ Newman OCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
17. ^ Newport D Gas Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
18. ^ Northern Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
19. ↑ Parkeston OCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
20. ^ Pelican Point CCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
21. ↑ Port Hedland OCGT Power Station Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
22. ↑ Pinjar OCGT Gas Power Station Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
23. ^ Stanwell Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
24. ^ Tamar Valley CCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
25. ^ Tarong Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
26. ↑ TelferOCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
27. ↑ Torrens Island Thermal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 23, 2016 . 
28. ↑ Uranquinty OCGT Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 18, 2016 . 
29. ^ Vales Point B Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed October 3, 2016 . 
30. ^ Yallourn West Coal Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 16, 2016 . 
31. ^ Hydro Energy. Australian Government Geoscience Australia, accessed November 26, 2016 . 
32. ↑ Hydropower. Australian Government Australian Renewable Energy Agency, accessed November 26, 2016 . 
33. ^ Poatina Hydroelectric Power Plant Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 25, 2016 . 
34. ^ Reece Hydroelectric Power Station Australia. Global Energy Observatory, accessed November 26, 2016 . 
35. ↑ Online access> Countries> Australia. The Wind Power, accessed June 15, 2019 .