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 stationOperatorMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel typeCombined cycle
ColongraSnowy Hydro667 MW4natural gasno
LiddellAGL Energy50 MW2fuel oilno
TallawarraEnergyAustralia435 MW2natural gasyes
SmithfieldVisy Industries171 MW4natural gasyes
UranquintyOrigin Energy641 MW4natural gasno

Gas (Reciprocating)

Power stationMax. CapacityEnginesFuel type
Appin Mine55.6 MW54coalbed methane+natural gas
Belrose4 MW1landfill gas
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 7 MW7coalbed methane
Teralba8 MW8coalbed methane
Tower Mine41.2 MW40coalbed methane+natural gas
Wilga11 MW11natural gas
Woodlawn4 MW4landfill gas
Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement1 MW1landfill gas
Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement1 MW1landfill gas

State Total : 2129.7

Queensland

Gas (Turbine)

Power stationMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel typeCycleRefs
Barcaldine55 MW2natural gasCombined
Braemar502 MW3coal seam gasOpen
Bulwer Island, BP Refining32 MW3coal seam gasCombined
Condamine144 MW3coal seam gasCombined
Darling Downs630 MW4coal seam gasCombined
Diamantina242 MW2coal seam gasCombined
Leichhardt 60 MW1coal seam gasOpen
Mackay Gas Turbine34 MW1oilOpen
Mica Creek318 MW12natural gasCombined
Mount Stuart414 MW3keroseneOpen
Oakey282 MW2natural gasOpen
Phosphate Hill42 MW9natural gasCombined
Roma80 MW2natural gasOpen
Swanbank E385 MW1natural gas/coal seam gasCombined
Tarong Gas Turbine15 MW1dieselOpen
Townsville242 MW2coal seam gasCombined

Gas (Reciprocating)

Power stationMax. CapacityEnginesFuel type
Browns Plains2.18 MW2landfill gas
Cannington, BHP Minerals40.06 MW22natural gas / diesel
Condamine3 MW1coal seam gas
Coominya, AFC Abattoirs1.73 MW3natural gas
Daandine33 MW11coal seam gas
Luggage Point, Myrtletown3 MW2sewage gas
Middlemount45 MW20coal seam gas
Moranbah45 MW15coal seam gas
Mt Isa XPS4147.5 MW19natural gas
Rochedale3.3 MW3landfill gas
Roghan Road1.95 MW1landfill gas
Stapylton1 MW1landfill gas
Suntown, Arundel1 MW1landfill gas
Swanbank B7 MW1landfill gas
Whitwood Road1.1 MW1landfill gas
Molendinar0.7 MW1landfill gas

State Total : 3713.52

South Australia

Gas (Turbine)

Power stationOwner/OperatorMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel typeCombined cycle
Coopers Brewer 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 SteelworksLiberty OneSteel8.4 MW2natural gasno
Temporary Generation NorthSA 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.

Gas (Thermal)

Power stationOwner/OperatorMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel type
Torrens IslandAGL Energy1,280 MW8natural gas
Whyalla SteelworksLiberty OneSteel57.5 MW3Coke Ovens and Blast Furnace Gas/Oil

Gas (Reciprocating)

Power stationOwner/OperatorMax. CapacityEnginesFuel type
AngastonSnowy Hydro50 MW30diesel
LonsdaleSnowy Hydro21 MW18diesel
Port StanvacSnowy Hydro58 MW36diesel
Kangaroo Island power stationSA 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
Barker Inlet Power StationAGL Energy210 MW12Natural gas

State Total : 3519.7

Tasmania

Gas (Thermal)

Gas (Turbine)

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)

State Total : 589.6

Victoria

Gas (Turbine)

Power stationMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel typeCombined cycleRef
Bairnsdale92 MW2natural gasno
Jeeralang432 MW7natural gasno
Laverton North320 MW2natural gasno
Longford31.8 MW6natural gasno
Mortlake550 MW2natural gasno
Somerton160 MW4natural gasno
Valley Power300 MW12natural gasno

Gas (Thermal)

Power stationMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel type
Newport500 MW1natural gas

Gas (Reciprocating)

Power stationMax. CapacityEnginesFuel typeRef
Boral Western Landfill, Ravenhall4.6 MW4landfill gas
Broadmeadows6.2 MW6landfill gas
Brooklyn Landfill and Waste Recycling Facility2.83 MW3landfill gas
Clayton11 MW11landfill gas
Corio 1 MW1landfill gas
Mornington Waste Disposal Facility1 MW1landfill gas
Morwell 5 MW1diesel
Narre Warren7.2 MW5landfill gas
Springvale4.2 MW4landfill gas
Sunshine Energy Park8.7 MW1landfill gas
Werribee 7.8 MW7sewage gas
Wyndham Waste Disposal Facility1 MW1landfill gas

State Total : 6946.33

Western Australia

Gas (Turbine)

Power stationMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel typeCombined cycle
Cape Lambert 105 MW3natural gasno
Cape Preston450 MW7natural gasyes
Cawse21 MW4natural gasno
Cockburn240 MW2natural gasyes
Dampier120 MW3natural gasno
Esperance 33 MW4natural gasno
Kambalda42 MW1natural gasno
Kalgoorlie42 MW1natural gasno
Kemerton 260.9 MW2natural gasno
Kwinana21 MW1natural gasno
Kwinana - BP Refining120 MW3natural gasyes
Kwinana - NewGen320 MW1natural gasyes
Kwinana - Tiwest36 MW1natural gasno
Leinster42 MW1natural gas
Mount Keith67 MW2natural gasno
Mungarra112 MW3natural gasno
Murrin Murrin 76 MW3natural gasyes
Neerabup330 MW2natural gasno
Newman170 MW4natural gas/dieselno
Parkeston110 MW3natural gas/dieselno
Pinjar576 MW9natural gas/dieselno
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia / AGL280 MW2natural gasNo
Port Hedland175 MW5natural gas/dieselno
Paraburdoo 155 MW4natural gasno
Worsley Alumina Power Station120 MW1natural gasyes

Gas (Thermal)

Power stationMax. CapacityTurbinesFuel type
Capel 6.5 MW1waste gas
Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia74.5 MW7natural gas
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia95 MW4natural gas
Telfer Gold Mine, Newcrest Mining135 MW3natural gas
Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia98 MW4natural gas

Gas (Reciprocating)

Power stationMax. CapacityEnginesFuel type
Atlas 1.1 MW1landfill gas
Canning Vale4 MW1landfill gas
Carnarvon15.27 MW3natural gas
Dongara1.6 MW3natural gas
Henderson 2.13 MW1landfill gas
Jundee 13.2 MW6natural gas
Kalamunda1.9 MW1landfill gas
Kelvin Road, Gosnells2 MW2landfill gas
Leonora3.2 MW5natural gas
Millar Road, Rockingham1.6 MW2landfill gas
Mount Magnet1.9 MW1natural gas
Plutonic 16 MW4natural gas
Red Hill3.65 MW1landfill gas
South Cardup3.3 MW3landfill gas
Tamala Park4.65 MW1landfill gas
Wiluna 9 MW 3natural gas
Windimurra13 MW4natural gas
Wodgina Tantalum Mine8.82 MW10natural gas
Woodman Point1.8 MW3sewage gas

State Total : 4541.02

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