List of power stations in Western Australia explained

This is a list of active power stations in Western Australia. Candidates for this list must already be commissioned and capable of generating 1 MW or more of electricity.

There are several independent electricity grids in Western Australia; the "Grid" column in the following tables indicates which grid each power station is connected to.

Coal fired

These fossil fuel power stations burn coal to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 1677 MW

Power station data-sort-type="number" Max. capacityCoal typeMine typeConveyanceCooling waterGrid
Bluewaters416 MW2bituminousopen cutconveyorfreshSWIS
Collie300 MW1bituminousopen cutconveyorfreshSWIS
Muja854 MW4bituminousopen cutconveyorfreshSWIS
Worsley Alumina Power Station107 MW4bituminousopen cutrailfreshSWIS

Gas turbine

These gas turbine power stations use gas combustion to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 5288 MW

Power station Capacity (MW)Fuel typeCombined cycleGrid
Cape Lambert (Pilbara Iron)902natural gas/dieselno
Cape Preston (Sino Iron)4507natural gasyesPrivate (Cape Preston)
Cawse214natural gasno
Cockburn2402natural gasyesSWIS
Dampier1203natural gasnoNWIS
Gorgon Gas Plant[1] 5845natural gasnoPrivate (Gorgon Gas Plant)
Kambalda42 1natural gasnoSWIS
Kalgoorlie642dieselnoSWIS
Kemerton300[2] 2natural gasnoSWIS
Kwinana211natural gasnoSWIS
Kwinana Cogeneration Plant - Kwinana Oil Refinery1203natural gasyesSWIS
Kwinana - NewGen[3] 3201natural gasyesSWIS
Kwinana - Tiwest361natural gasnoSWIS
Leinster421natural gasno
Merredin822natural gas/dieselno
Mount Keith672natural gasnoPrivate (BHP)[4]
Mungarra1123natural gasnoSWIS
Murrin Murrin (Minara Resources)763natural gasyes
Neerabup3302natural gasnoSWIS
Newman1704natural gas/dieselnoNWIS
Parkeston1103natural gas/dieselno
Pinjar5769natural gas/dieselnoSWIS
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia / AGL2802natural gasNoSWIS
Port Hedland (Alinta)1755natural gas/dieselnoNWIS
Paraburdoo (Pilbara Iron)1353natural gasnoNWIS
South Hedland (Transalta)1553natural gas/dieselyesNWIS
Telfer Gold Mine, Newmont Mining1353natural gasnoPrivate (Newmont Mining)[5]
West Angelas Power Station (Pilbara Iron)902natural gas/dieselno
Worsley Alumina Power Station1201natural gasyesSWIS
Yurralyi Maya Power Station (Pilbara Iron)2255natural gasnoNWIS

Gas (thermal)

These power stations use gas combustion to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 274 MW

Power station Max. capacity (MW)Fuel typeGrid
Capel (Iluka Resources)6.5 1waste gas
Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia74.5 7natural gas
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia95 4natural gasSWIS
Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia98 4natural gasSWIS

Gas (reciprocating)

These power stations use gas combustion in reciprocating engines to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 108 MW

Power station Max. capacity (MW)Fuel type
Atlas (Mirrabooka)1.1 1landfill gas
Canning Vale4 1landfill gas
Carnarvon15.27 3natural gas
Dongara1.6 3natural gas
Esperance22 11natural gas
Henderson (Wattleup)2.13 1landfill gas
Jundee (Northern Star Ltd)13.2 6natural gas
Kalamunda1.9 1landfill gas
Kelvin Road, Gosnells2 2landfill gas
Leonora3.2 5natural gas
Millar Road, Rockingham1.6 2landfill gas
Mount Magnet1.9 1natural gas
Plutonic (Billabong Gold)207natural gas
Red Hill3.65 1landfill gas
South Cardup3.3 3landfill gas
Tamala Park4.65 1landfill gas
Wiluna (Blackham Resources)9 (mothballed) 4 sets operational3natural gas
Windimurra13 4natural gas
Wodgina Tantalum Mine56 28[6] natural gas
Woodman Point1.8 3sewage gas

Hydroelectric

These hydroelectric power stations use the flow of water to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 32 MW

Wind farms

These wind farm power stations use the power of the wind to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 1012 MW

Power station Max. capacity (MW)TurbinesGrid
Albany21.6 12SWIS
Badgingarra Wind Farm13037SWIS
Blairfox Beros Road Wind Farm9.519SWIS
Blairfox Karakin Wind Farm510SWIS
Blairfox West Hills Wind Farm510SWIS
Collgar Wind Farm206 111SWIS
Denmark Community Wind Farm1.42SWIS
Emu Downs79.2 48SWIS
Esperance (Nine Mile Beach Wind Farm)3.6 6Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance (Shark Lake Road)9 2Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance (Ten Mile Lagoon Wind Farm)2.03 9Microgrid Horizon Power
Grasmere Wind Farm13.86SWIS
Kalbarri Wind Farm1.62SWIS
Mt Barker Wind Farm2.43SWIS
Mumbida Wind Farm5522SWIS
Walkaway Wind Farm90 54SWIS
Warradarge Wind Farm18051SWIS
Yandin Wind Farm21251SWIS

Biomass combustion

These power stations burn biomass (biofuel) to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 6 MW

Solar photovoltaic

These power stations use a semiconductor device that converts sunlight into electricity.

Total max. capacity: 191 MW

Power station Max. capacityGrid
Ambri Solar Farm1 MWSWIS
Badgingarra Solar Farm19.25 MW62,000SWIS
Emu Downs Solar Farm[7] 20 MW75,000SWIS
Esperance Solar Farm4 MWMicrogrid Horizon Power
Garden Island2 MW6,400Microgrid
Greenough River Solar Farm[8] 40 MWSWIS
Merredin Solar Farm100 MW360,000SWIS
Northam Solar Farm10 MW33,600SWIS

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Power generation starts at Gorgon LNG project offshore Australia. Endeavor Business Media LLC. 2022-10-15. https://web.archive.org/web/20221015212344/https://www.offshore-mag.com/field-development/article/16767342/power-generation-starts-at-gorgon-lng-project-offshore-australia. 2022-10-15. live.
  2. Web site: OpenNEM: An Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data . 2022-07-27 . opennem.org.au . en.
  3. Web site: NewGen Kwinana Power Station. ERM Power. 2012-07-06. https://web.archive.org/web/20120410044801/http://www.ermpower.com.au/power/kwinana. 2012-04-10. dead.
  4. Web site: Mt Keith Nickel Mine Expansion, Northern Goldfields, Western Australia . 2022-07-14 . en-US.
  5. http://www.newcrest.com.au//operations.asp?category=6 Operations - Telfer
  6. Web site: Contract Power.
  7. News: WA's first co-located wind and solar farm completed at Emu Downs - Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Australian Renewable Energy Agency. 2018-04-15. en-US.
  8. Web site: Greenough River Solar Farm. Verve energy. 5 December 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20121013000901/http://www.verveenergy.com.au/what-we-do/sustainable-portfolio/greenough-river-solar-farm. 13 October 2012.