Jeeralang Power Station is a gas turbine power station with a capacity of near Morwell, Victoria, Australia. The station is a peaking facility which is used only during periods of peak demand, and is also used as a black start facility to restore power to the grid in the event of major system failure. As a result, the actual capacity factor of the station is less than 5%. The power station was built by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria in response to the scaling back of Newport D power station from to , as a result of community concerns and union bans. Jeeralang consists of seven gas turbines configured to operate in single cycle mode.
Jeeralang A was built between 1977 and 1979 and consists of four Siemens Industries V93.1 gas turbines with a combined capacity of .
Jeeralang B was built between 1978 and 1980 and consists of three Alstom Atlantique MS-9001 gas turbines with a combined capacity of .Signboard at the entry of the power station
The power station is currently operated by Ecogen Energy and was purchased by EnergyAustralia in April 2018.
The 350 MW / 1,400 MWh Wooreen grid battery is being built at the site for 2027.
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