This is a list of active power stations in New South Wales, Australia. Candidates for this list must already be commissioned and capable of generating 1 MW or more of electricity.
Power station | data-sort-type="number" | Max. capacity (MW) | Operator | Technology | Completion date | Notes |
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Moree Solar Farm | 56 | Fotowatio Renewable Ventures | Photovoltaic | 2016 | ||
Beryl Solar Farm | 87 | New Energy Solar / First Solar | Photovoltaic | 2019 | 110.9 MW DC, 87 MW AC[1] [2] | |
Finley Solar Farm | 133 | ESCO Pacific / John Laing | Photovoltaic | 2019 | 175MW DC, 133 MW AC[3] [4] | |
Royalla Solar Farm | 20 | Acciona | Photovoltaic | 2014 | ||
Nyngan Solar Plant | 102 | AGL Energy | Photovoltaic | 2016 | ||
Broken Hill Solar Plant | 53 | AGL Energy | Photovoltaic | 2016 | ||
Mugga Lane Solar Park, Canberra, ACT | 13 | Maoneng | Photovoltaic | 2017 | ||
Gullen Range Solar Farm | 10 | Goldwind Australia | Photovoltaic | 2017 | ||
Mount Majura Solar Farm Majura, ACT | 2.3 | Solar Choice | Photovoltaic | 2016 | Co-developed by Solar Choice and Solar Fields[5] | |
Williamsdale Solar Farm Williamsdale, ACT | 11 | Photovoltaic | 2017 | |||
Coleambally Solar Farm | 150 | Neoen | Photovoltaic | 2018 | Started full scale operations as of 19 October 2018. Production had ramped up over the preceding months.[6] | |
Parkes Solar Farm | 55 | Neoen | Photovoltaic | 2018 | 55MW AC, 66MW DC.[7] Farm was operating at full capacity as of March 2018.[8] | |
Griffith Solar Farm | 36 | Neoen | Photovoltaic | 2018 | ||
Manildra Solar Farm | 48.5 | First Solar | Photovoltaic | 2018 | ||
White Rock Solar Farm | 20 | Goldwind Australia | Photovoltaic | 2018 | ||
Jemalong CSP Pilot Plant | 1.1 | Vast Solar | Thermal | 2017 | ||
Jemalong Solar Farm | 50 | Genex Power | Photovoltaic | 2021 | Developed to approval by Vast Solar, then acquired by Genex Power on 7 September 2018[9] |
These fossil fuel power stations burn bituminous coal to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Power station | data-sort-type="number" | Max. capacity (MW) | CO2 emissions (tCO2e) | Emission intensity (tCO2e/MWh) | Operator | Mine type | Conveyance | Cooling water | Scheduled closure[10] | |
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Bayswater | 2,640 | 13,725,965[11] | 0.88 | 4 | AGL Energy | open cut | conveyors, rail | fresh | 2035 | |
Eraring | 2,880 | 14,914,916 | 0.87 | 4 | Origin Energy | underground | rail, truck | salt | 2025 | |
Mount Piper | 1,400 | 6,841,302 | 0.87 | 2 | EnergyAustralia | underground | road, conveyor | fresh | 2040 | |
Vales Point B | 1,320 | 7,015,626 | 0.86 | 2 | Delta Electricity | underground | conveyors | salt | 2028 |
These fossil fuel power stations are fired with gas or liquid fuels to produce electricity by use of a gas turbine.
Power station | Operator | data-sort-type="number" | Max. capacity (MW) | Emission intensity (tCO2e/MWh) | Fuel type | Combined cycle | |
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Colongra | Snowy Hydro | 667 | 0.56 | 4 | natural gas | no | |
Tallawarra | EnergyAustralia | 435 | 0.37 | 2 | natural gas | yes | |
Smithfield | Visy[13] | 171 | 0.49 | 4 | natural gas | no | |
Uranquinty | Origin Energy | 641 | 0.60 | 4 | natural gas | no |
These power stations use gas combustion in reciprocating engines to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Power station | data-sort-type="number" | Max. capacity (MW) | Emission intensity (tCO2e/MWh) | Fuel type | |
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Appin Mine | 55.6 | 0.73 | 54 | coalbed methane+natural gas | |
Belrose | 4 | 0.08 | 1 | landfill gas | |
Earthpower Camellia | 3.9 | 3 | biogas | ||
Jacks Gully | 2.3 | 0.06 | 1 | landfill gas | |
Lucas Heights I | 5.4 | 0.06 | 5 | landfill gas | |
Lucas Heights II | 17.3 | 0.06 | 15 | landfill gas | |
Sydney Water, Malabar | 3 | 3 | sewage gas | ||
Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project | 1 | 0.05 | 1 | landfill gas | |
Tahmoor https://web.archive.org/web/20100328022435/http://www.envirogen.net.au/tahmoor.htm | 7 | 0.57 | 7 | coalbed methane | |
Teralba | 8 | 8 | coalbed methane | ||
Tower Mine | 41.2 | 40 | coalbed methane+natural gas | ||
Wilga | 11 | 0.59 | 11 | natural gas | |
Woodlawn | 4 | 4 | landfill gas | ||
Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement [14] | 1 | 0.07 | 1 | landfill gas | |
Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement | 1 | 0.06 | 1 | landfill gas |
These hydroelectric power stations use the flow of water to generate electricity.
Power station | data-sort-type="number" | Max. apacity (MW) | Turbines | Pumped storage |
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Bendeela (Shoalhaven) | 80 | 2 | yes | |
Blowering | 80 | 1 | no | |
Brown Mountain | 4.95 | 2 | no | |
Burrendong | 14.5 | 1 | no | |
Burrinjuck | 27 | 3 | no | |
Copeton | 24 | 1 | no | |
Glenbawn | 5.8 | 1 | no | |
Guthega | 60 | 2 | no | |
Hume | 58 | 2 | no | |
Kangaroo Valley (Shoalhaven) | 160 | 2 | yes | |
Keepit | 7.2 | 1 | no | |
Kembla Grange | 6.8 | 2 | no | |
Murray 1 | 950 | 10 | no | |
Murray 2 | 550 | 4 | no | |
Nymboida | 5 | 7 | no | |
Oaky River | 12 | 5 | no | |
Pindari | 5.6 | 2 | no | |
Snowy 2.0 | 2000 | 6 | yes | |
The Drop, Mulwala Canal | 2.5 | 1 | no | |
Tumut 1 | 330 | 4 | no | |
Tumut 2 | 287 | 4 | no | |
Tumut 3 | 1500 | 6 | yes | |
Warragamba | 50 | 1 | no | |
Williams River Dam (private) | 7 | 1 | no | |
Wyangala | 22.5 | 2 | no |
See main article: List of wind farms in New South Wales.
These power stations burn biomass (biofuel) to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Power station | data-sort-type="number" | Max. capacity (MW) | Fuel type | Conveyance | |
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Broadwater Sugar Mill | 10 | 1 | bagasse | on-site | |
Broadwater Biomass Co-Gen | 30 | 1 | bagasse/wood waste | on-site & truck | |
Condong Sugar Mill | 3 | 1 | bagasse | on-site | |
Condong Biomass Co-Gen | 30 | 1 | bagasse/wood waste | on-site & truck | |
Harwood Sugar Mill | 4.5 | 3 | bagasse | on-site | |
Visy, Tumut | 21 | 1 | black liquor | on-site |
These power stations capture waste heat to generate some or all of the electricity they produce via cogeneration.
Power station | data-sort-type="number" | Max. capacity (MW) |
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Amcor, Bomaderry | 6 | |
BlueScope, Port Kembla | 62 | |
Macquarie University | 1.5 | |
Stadium Australia | 1 | |
University of Western Sydney | 1 | |
Visy, Smithfield | 6 | |
Power station | data-sort-type="number" | Max. capacity (MW) | Coal type | Mine type | Conveyance | Cooling water | |
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Balmain | 126.2 | 8 | bituminous | N/A | ship / lighter | salt | |
Bunnerong | 375 | 11 | bituminous | N/A | railway | salt | |
Liddell | 2051 | 7 | bituminous | open cut | conveyors | fresh | |
Lithgow | 38 | 4 | bituminous | open cut | railway | fresh | |
Munmorah | 1,400 | 4 | bituminous | underground | conveyors | salt | |
Newcastle East | 70.75 | 6 | bituminous | N/A | railway | salt | |
Pyrmont | 200 | 4 | bituminous | N/A | railway | salt | |
Redbank | 150 | 1 | bituminous (tailings) | open cut | conveyors | fresh | |
Ultimo | 79.5 | 6 | bituminous | N/A | railway | salt | |
Wallerawang | 1,240 | 2 | bituminous | underground | road, conveyor | fresh | |
Wangi | 330 | 6 | bituminous | underground | conveyor | fresh | |
White Bay | 100 | 2 | bituminous | N/A | railway | salt | |