List of natural gas-fired power stations in Australia

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 Operator Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Colongra Snowy Hydro 667 MW 4 natural gas no Liddell AGL Energy 50 MW 2 fuel oil noSmithfield Visy171 MW 4 natural gas yes Tallawarra EnergyAustralia 435 MW 2 natural gas yes Uranquinty Origin Energy 641 MW 4 natural gas no

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Max. capacity Engines Fuel type Appin Mine 55.6 MW 54 coalbed methane+natural gas Belrose 4 MW 1 landfill gas EarthpowerEarthpower Camellia 3.9 MW 3 biogas Jacks Gully 2.3 MW 1 landfill gas Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement 1 MW 1 landfill gas Lucas Heights I 5.4 MW 5 landfill gas Lucas Heights II 17.3 MW 15 landfill gas Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project 1 MW 1 landfill gas Sydney Water, Malabar 3 MW 3 sewage gas Tahmoor 7 MW 7 coalbed methane Teralba 8 MW 8 coalbed methane Tower Mine 41.2 MW 40 coalbed methane+natural gas Wilga 11 MW 11 natural gas Woodlawn 4 MW 4 landfill gas Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement 1 MW 1 landfill gas

State total (MW): 2129.7

Queensland

Gas (turbine)

Power station Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Cycle Refs Barcaldine 55 MW 2 natural gas Combined Braemar 952 MW 6 coal seam gas Open Bulwer Island, BP 32 MW 3 coal seam gas Combined Condamine 144 MW 3 coal seam gas Combined Darling Downs 630 MW 4 coal seam gas Combined Diamantina 242 MW 2 coal seam gas Combined Leichhardt 60 MW 1 coal seam gas Open Mackay Gas Turbine 34 MW 1 oil Open Mica Creek 318 MW 12 natural gas Combined Mount Stuart 414 MW 3 kerosene Open Oakey 282 MW 2 natural gas Open Phosphate Hill 42 MW 9 natural gas Combined Roma 80 MW 2 natural gas Open Swanbank E 385 MW 1 natural gas/coal seam gas Combined Tarong Gas Turbine 15 MW 1 diesel Open Townsville 242 MW 2 coal seam gas Combined

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Max. capacity Engines Fuel type Browns Plains 2.18 MW 2 landfill gas Cannington, BHPRemote Energy. Energy Developments. Retrieved 16 February 2016. 40.06 MW 22 natural gas / diesel Condamine 3 MW 1 coal seam gas Coominya, AFC Abattoirs 1.73 MW 3 natural gas Daandine 33 MW 11 coal seam gas Luggage Point, Myrtletown 3 MW 2 sewage gas Middlemount 45 MW 20 coal seam gas Molendinar 0.7 MW 1 landfill gas MoranbahMoranbah North Power Station. Kable. Retrieved 16 February 2016. 45 MW 15 coal seam gas Mount Isa XPS41 47.5 MW 19 natural gas Rochedale 3.3 MW 3 landfill gas Roghan Road 1.95 MW 1 landfill gas Stapylton 1 MW 1 landfill gas Suntown, Arundel 1 MW 1 landfill gas Swanbank B 7 MW 1 landfill gas Whitwood Road 1.1 MW 1 landfill gas

State total (MW): 3713.52

South Australia

Gas (turbine)

Power station Owner/operator Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Coopers Brewer (Regency Park)AGL Energy 4.4 MW 1 natural gas yes Dry CreekSynergen Power 156 MW 3 natural gas no HallettEnergy Australia 180 MW 12 natural gas/diesel yes Ladbroke GroveOrigin Energy 80 MW 2 natural gas no MintaroSynergen Power 90 MW 1 natural gas no OsborneOsborne Cogeneration 180 MW 2 natural gas yes Pelican PointEngie 478 MW 3 natural gas yes Port LincolnSynergen Power 73.5 MW 3 diesel no QuarantineOrigin Energy 224 MW 5 natural gas no SnuggerySynergen Power 63 MW 3 diesel no Temporary Generation North SA Government154 MW5 dieselno Temporary Generation South SA Government123 MW4 dieselno Whyalla SteelworksArrium 8.4 MW 2 natural gas no

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.

Gas (thermal)

Power station Owner/operator Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Torrens IslandAGL Energy 1,280 MW 8 natural gasWhyalla SteelworksArrium57.5 MW 3 coke ovens and blast furnace gas/oil

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Owner/operator Max. capacity Engines Fuel type Angaston Snowy Hydro 50 MW 30 diesel Barker Inlet Power Station AGL Energy 210 MW 12 natural gasBlue Lake Milling Power Plant Vibe Energy1 MW1dieselBolivar Waste Water Treatment Plant SA Water9.9 MW4sewerage gasKangaroo Island power station SA Power Networks6 MW3diesel Lonsdale Snowy Hydro 21 MW 18 dieselPedler Creek Landfill 3 MW3landfill gas Port Stanvac Snowy Hydro 58 MW 36 dieselTatiara Meats Bordertown Vibe Energy1 MW1dieselWingfield Landfill Energy Developments8 MW8landfill gas

State total (MW): 3519.7

Tasmania

Gas (thermal)

Power station Coordinates Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Ref. MW hp Bell Bay 2 Natural gas

Gas (turbine)

Power station Coordinates Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Ref. MW hp Bell Bay 3 Natural gas No Tamar Valley 5 Natural gas Yes

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 Coordinates Max. capacity Engines Fuel type Ref. MW hp Jackson Street, Glenorchy 1 landfill gas Launceston General Hospital, Launceston 1 natural gas McRobies Gully, South Hobart 1 landfill gas

State total (MW): 589.6

Victoria

Gas (turbine)

Power station Max. capacityTurbines Fuel type Combined cycle Ref Bairnsdale 92 MW 2 natural gas no Jeeralang 432 MW 7 natural gas no Laverton North 320 MW 2 natural gas no Longford 31.8 MW 6 natural gas no Mortlake 550 MW 2 natural gas no Somerton 160 MW 4 natural gas no Valley Power 300 MW 12 natural gas no

Gas (thermal)

Power station Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Newport 500 MW 1 natural gas

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Max. capacityEngines Fuel type Ref Boral Western Landfill, Ravenhall 4.6 MW 4 landfill gas Broadmeadows 6.2 MW 6 landfill gas Brooklyn Landfill and Waste Recycling Facility 2.83 MW 3 landfill gas Clayton 11 MW 11 landfill gas Corio (EDL) 1 MW 1 landfill gas Mornington Waste Disposal Facility 1 MW 1 landfill gas Morwell (Tramway Road) (HRL) 5 MW 1 diesel Narre Warren 7.2 MW 5 landfill gas Springvale 4.2 MW 4 landfill gas Sunshine Energy Park 8.7 MW 1 landfill gas Werribee (AGL Energy) 7.8 MW 7 sewage gas Wyndham Waste Disposal Facility 1 MW 1 landfill gas

State total (MW): 6946.33

Western Australia

Gas (turbine)

Power station Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Cape Lambert (Pilbara Iron) 105 MW 3 natural gas no Cape Preston450 MW7natural gasyes Cawse 21 MW 4 natural gas no Cockburn 240 MW 2 natural gas yes Dampier 120 MW 3 natural gas no Esperance (Burns and Roe Worley) 33 MW 4 natural gas no Kalgoorlie 42 MW 1 natural gas no Kambalda 42 MW 1 natural gas no Kemerton (Transfield) 260.9 MW 2 natural gas no Kwinana 21 MW 1 natural gas no Kwinana - BP Refining 120 MW 3 natural gas yes Kwinana - NewGen 320 MW 1 natural gas yes Kwinana - Tiwest 36 MW 1 natural gas no Leinster 42 MW 1 natural gas Mount Keith 67 MW 2 natural gas no Mungarra 112 MW 3 natural gas no Murrin Murrin (Minara Resources) 76 MW 3 natural gas yes Neerabup 330 MW 2 natural gas no Newman 170 MW 4 natural gas/diesel no Paraburdoo (Pilbara Iron) 155 MW 4 natural gas no Parkeston 110 MW 3 natural gas/diesel no Pinjar 576 MW 9 natural gas/diesel no Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa / AGL 280 MW 2 natural gas No Port Hedland 175 MW 5 natural gas/diesel no Worsley Alumina Power Station 120 MW 1 natural gas yes

Gas (thermal)

Power station Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Capel (Iluka Resources) 6.5 MW 1 waste gas Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa 74.5 MW 7 natural gas Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa 95 MW 4 natural gas Telfer Gold Mine, Newcrest 135 MW 3 natural gas Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa 98 MW 4 natural gas

Gas (reciprocating)

Power station Max. capacity Engines Fuel type Atlas (Mirrabooka) 1.1 MW 1 landfill gas Canning Vale 4 MW 1 landfill gas Carnarvon 15.27 MW 3 natural gas Dongara 1.6 MW 3 natural gas Henderson (Wattleup) 2.13 MW 1 landfill gas Jundee (Northern Star Ltd) 13.2 MW 6 natural gas Kalamunda 1.9 MW 1 landfill gas Kelvin Road, Gosnells 2 MW 2 landfill gas Leonora 3.2 MW 5 natural gas Millar Road, Rockingham 1.6 MW 2 landfill gas Mount Magnet 1.9 MW 1 natural gas Plutonic (Billabong Gold) 16 MW 4 natural gas Red Hill 3.65 MW 1 landfill gas South Cardup 3.3 MW 3 landfill gas Tamala Park 4.65 MW 1 landfill gas Wiluna (Blackham Resources) 9 MW (mothballed, 4 sets operational) 3 natural gas Windimurra 13 MW 4 natural gas Wodgina Tantalum Mine 8.82 MW 10 natural gas Woodman Point 1.8 MW 3 sewage gas

State total (MW): 4541.02

See also

List of power stations in Australia List of coal power stations List of coal fired power stations in Australia List of largest power stations in the world

References