List of natural gas power stations in Australia explained

Gas turbine power stations use gas combustion to generate some or all of the electricity they produce. Thermal gas power stations use gas combustion to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce. Reciprocating gas power stations use gas combustion in reciprocating engines to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

New South Wales

Gas (turbine)

Power station Operatordata-sort-type="number" Max. capacityFuel typeCombined cycle
ColongraSnowy Hydro667 MW4natural gasno
LiddellAGL Energy50 MW2fuel oilno
TallawarraEnergyAustralia435 MW2 natural gasyes
SmithfieldVisy[1] 171 MW 4natural gasyes
UranquintyOrigin Energy641 MW4natural gasno

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station data-sort-type="number" Max. capacityFuel type
Appin Mine55.6 MW54coalbed methane+natural gas
Belrose4 MW1landfill gas
Earthpower Camellia3.9 MW3biogas
Jacks Gully2.3 MW1landfill gas
Lucas Heights I5.4 MW5landfill gas
Lucas Heights II17.3 MW15landfill gas
Sydney Water, Malabar3 MW3sewage gas
Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project1 MW1landfill gas
Tahmoor https://web.archive.org/web/20100328022435/http://www.envirogen.net.au/tahmoor.htm7 MW7coalbed methane
Teralba8 MW8coalbed methane
Tower Mine41.2 MW40coalbed methane+natural gas
Wilga11 MW11natural gas
Woodlawn4 MW4landfill gas
Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement[2] 1 MW1landfill gas
Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement 1 MW1landfill gas

State total (MW): 2129.7

Queensland

Gas (turbine)

Power station Max. capacityFuel typeCycleRefs
Barcaldine55 MW2natural gasCombined
Braemar952 MW 6coal seam gasOpen
Bulwer Island, BP32 MW 3coal seam gasCombined
Condamine144 MW 3coal seam gasCombined
Darling Downs630 MW 4coal seam gasCombined
Diamantina242 MW2coal seam gasCombined
Leichhardt60 MW1coal seam gasOpen
Mackay Gas Turbine34 MW 1oilOpen
Mica Creek318 MW 12natural gasCombined
Mount Stuart414 MW 3keroseneOpen
Oakey282 MW 2natural gasOpen
Phosphate Hill42 MW 9natural gasCombined
Roma80 MW 2natural gasOpen
Swanbank E385 MW 1natural gas/coal seam gasCombined[3]
Tarong Gas Turbine15 MW1dieselOpen
Townsville242 MW 2coal seam gasCombined

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Max. capacityFuel type
Browns Plains2.18 MW2landfill gas
Cannington, BHP[4] 40.06 MW 22natural gas / diesel
Condamine3 MW 1coal seam gas
Coominya, AFC Abattoirs1.73 MW3natural gas
Daandine33 MW 11coal seam gas
Luggage Point, Myrtletown3 MW 2sewage gas
Middlemount[5] 45 MW 20coal seam gas
Moranbah[6] 45 MW 15coal seam gas
Mount Isa XPS4147.5 MW 19natural gas
Rochedale3.3 MW 3landfill gas
Roghan Road1.95 MW 1landfill gas
Stapylton1 MW 1landfill gas
Suntown, Arundel1 MW 1landfill gas
Swanbank B7 MW 1landfill gas
Whitwood Road1.1 MW 1landfill gas
Molendinar0.7 MW 1landfill gas

State total (MW): 3713.52

South Australia

Gas (turbine)

Power station Owner/operatorMax. capacityFuel typeCombined cycle
Coopers Brewer (Regency Park)AGL Energy4.4 MW1natural gasyes
Dry CreekSynergen Power156 MW3natural gasno
HallettEnergy Australia180 MW12natural gas/dieselyes
Ladbroke GroveOrigin Energy80 MW2natural gasno
MintaroSynergen Power90 MW1natural gasno
OsborneOsborne Cogeneration180 MW2natural gasyes
Port LincolnSynergen Power73.5 MW3dieselno
QuarantineOrigin Energy224 MW5natural gasno
Pelican PointEngie478 MW3natural gasyes
SnuggerySynergen Power63 MW3dieselno
Whyalla SteelworksArrium8.4 MW2natural gasno
Temporary Generation North[7] SA Government154 MW5dieselno
Temporary Generation SouthSA Government123 MW4dieselno
The two "temporary generation" facilities were introduced by the South Australian government before the 2017-18 summer season using General Electric gas turbine generators. They are intended to be used only in extreme circumstances to support the grid following two widespread blackouts in 2016. They are installed at the sites of the former Holden factory in Elizabeth South and the Adelaide Desalination Plant at Lonsdale.[8]

Gas (thermal)

Power station Owner/operatorMax. capacityFuel type
Torrens IslandAGL Energy1,280 MW8natural gas
Whyalla SteelworksArrium57.5 MW3Coke Ovens and Blast Furnace Gas/Oil

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Owner/operatorMax. capacityFuel type
AngastonSnowy Hydro50 MW30diesel
LonsdaleSnowy Hydro21 MW18diesel
Port StanvacSnowy Hydro58 MW36 diesel
Kangaroo Island power station[9] SA Power Networks6 MW3diesel
Blue Lake Milling Power PlantVibe Energy1 MW1diesel
Tatiara Meats BordertownVibe Energy1 MW1diesel
Pedler Creek Landfill3 MW3landfill gas
Wingfield landfillEnergy Developments8 MW8landfill gas
Bolivar waste water treatment plantSA Water9.9 MW4sewerage gas
210 MW 12 natural gas

State total (MW): 3519.7

Tasmania

Gas (turbine)

Power station CoordinatesMax. capacityFuel typeCombined cycleRef.
MWhp
Bell Bay-41.1419°N 146.9025°W1350NaN03Natural gasNo
Tamar Valley2100NaN05Natural gasYes

Note that the above three power stations are in fact the same power station listed upon commissioning after conversion to gas and recommissioning after a turbine upgrade. It has been decommissioned since 2009.

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station CoordinatesMax. capacityFuel typeRef.
MWhp
McRobies Gully, South Hobart10NaN01Landfill gas
Launceston General Hospital, Launceston20NaN01Natural gas
Jackson Street, Glenorchy1.60NaN01Landfill gas

State total (MW): 589.6

Victoria

Gas (turbine)

Power station Max. capacityFuel type Ref
92 MW 2 no
432 MW 7 natural gas no
320 MW 2 natural gas no
31.8 MW 6 natural gas no
550 MW 2 natural gas no
160 MW 4 natural gas no
300 MW 12 natural gas no

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Max. capacityFuel type Ref
Boral Western Landfill, Ravenhall 4.6 MW 4
6.2 MW 6 landfill gas
2.83 MW 3 landfill gas
11 MW 11 landfill gas
Corio (EDL) 1 MW 1 landfill gas
1 MW 1 landfill gas
Morwell (Tramway Road) (HRL) 5 MW 1
Narre Warren 7.2 MW 5 landfill gas
4.2 MW 4 landfill gas
8.7 MW 1 landfill gas
Werribee (AGL Energy) 7.8 MW 7
1 MW 1 landfill gas

State total (MW): 6946.33

Western Australia

Gas (turbine)

Power station Max. capacityFuel typeCombined cycle
Cape Lambert (Pilbara Iron)105 MW3natural gasno
Cape Preston450 MW7natural gasyes
Cawse21 MW4natural gasno
Cockburn240 MW2natural gasyes
Dampier120 MW3natural gasno
Esperance (Burns and Roe Worley)33 MW4natural gasno
Kambalda42 MW 1natural gasno
Kalgoorlie42 MW1natural gasno
Kemerton (Transfield)260.9 MW2natural gasno
Kwinana21 MW1natural gasno
Kwinana - BP Refining120 MW3natural gasyes
Kwinana - NewGen[10] 320 MW1natural gasyes
Kwinana - Tiwest36 MW1natural gasno
Leinster42 MW1natural gas
Mount Keith67 MW2natural gasno
Mungarra112 MW3natural gasno
Murrin Murrin (Minara Resources)76 MW3natural gasyes
Neerabup330 MW2natural gasno
Newman170 MW4natural gas/dieselno
Parkeston110 MW3natural gas/dieselno
Pinjar576 MW9natural gas/dieselno
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa / AGL280 MW2natural gasNo
Port Hedland175 MW5natural gas/dieselno
Paraburdoo (Pilbara Iron)155 MW4natural gasno
Worsley Alumina Power Station120 MW1natural gasyes

Gas (thermal)

Power station Max. capacityFuel type
Capel (Iluka Resources)6.5 MW 1waste gas
Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa74.5 MW 7natural gas
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa95 MW 4natural gas
Telfer Gold Mine, Newcrest135 MW 3natural gas
Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa98 MW 4natural gas

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Max. capacityFuel type
Atlas (Mirrabooka)1.1 MW 1landfill gas
Canning Vale4 MW 1landfill gas
Carnarvon15.27 MW 3natural gas
Dongara1.6 MW 3natural gas
Henderson (Wattleup)2.13 MW 1landfill gas
Jundee (Northern Star Ltd)13.2 MW 6natural gas
Kalamunda1.9 MW 1landfill gas
Kelvin Road, Gosnells2 MW 2landfill gas
Leonora3.2 MW 5natural gas
Millar Road, Rockingham1.6 MW 2landfill gas
Mount Magnet1.9 MW 1natural gas
Plutonic (Billabong Gold)16 MW4natural gas
Red Hill3.65 MW 1landfill gas
South Cardup3.3 MW 3landfill gas
Tamala Park4.65 MW 1landfill gas
Wiluna (Blackham Resources)9 MW (mothballed,4 sets operational)3natural gas
Windimurra13 MW 4natural gas
Wodgina Tantalum Mine8.82 MW 10natural gas
Woodman Point1.8 MW 3sewage gas

State total (MW): 4541.02

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Packager Visy sparks power plant auction, tests buyer appetite . 21 May 2018 . 10 August 2018 . . Fairfax Media.
  2. Web site: Hallett Wind Farms | About AGL .
  3. Web site: Swanbank E CCGT Power Plant . Global Energy Observatory . 27 April 2014.
  4. http://www.energydevelopments.com.au/01_cms/details.asp?ID=82 Remote Energy
  5. Web site: German Creek Power Station . energydevelopments.azurewebsites.net . 24 November 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035325/http://energydevelopments.azurewebsites.net/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/German-Creek-Factsheet_Rev1.pdf . 2017-12-01 . dead.
  6. http://www.power-technology.com/projects/moranbah-north-power/ Moranbah North Power Station
  7. Web site: NEM Registration and Exemption List . . 3 January 2017.
  8. News: South Australian power stations will prevent blackouts this summer, SA Government says . Nick . Harmsen . staff . . 1 August 2017 . 3 January 2018.
  9. Web site: Kangaroo Island Project Profile . SDA Engineering . 3 January 2018.
  10. Web site: NewGen Kwinana Power Station. ERM Power. 2018-08-18. https://web.archive.org/web/20120410044801/http://www.ermpower.com.au/power/kwinana. 2012-04-10. dead.