List of power stations in New South Wales

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

Solar

Power station Max. capacity (MW) Operator Technology Completion date Notes
Moree Solar Farm 56 Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Photovoltaic 2016
Beryl Solar Farm 87 New Energy Solar / First Solar Photovoltaic 2019 110.9 MW DC, 87 MW AC[1][2]
Finley Solar Farm 133 ESCO Pacific / John Laing Photovoltaic 2019 175MW DC, 133 MW AC[3][4]
Royalla Solar Farm 20 Acciona Photovoltaic 2014
Nyngan Solar Plant 102 AGL Energy Photovoltaic 2016
Broken Hill Solar Plant 53 AGL Energy Photovoltaic 2016
Mugga Lane Solar Park, Canberra, ACT 13 Maoneng Photovoltaic 2017
Gullen Range Solar Farm 10 Goldwind Australia Photovoltaic 2017
Mount Majura Solar Farm Majura, ACT 2.3 Solar Choice Photovoltaic 2016 Co-developed by Solar Choice and Solar Fields[5]
Williamsdale Solar Farm Williamsdale, ACT 11 ActewAGL Photovoltaic 2017
Coleambally Solar Farm 150 Neoen Photovoltaic 2018 Started full scale operations as of 19 October 2018. Production had ramped up over the preceding months.[6]
Parkes Solar Farm 55 Neoen Photovoltaic 2018 55MW AC, 66MW DC.[7] Farm was operating at full capacity as of March 2018.[8]
Griffith Solar Farm 36 Neoen Photovoltaic 2018
Manildra Solar Farm 48.5 First Solar Photovoltaic 2018
White Rock Solar Farm 20 Goldwind Australia Photovoltaic 2018
Jemalong CSP Pilot Plant 1.1 Vast Solar Thermal 2017
Jemalong Solar Farm 50 Genex Power Photovoltaic 2021 Developed to approval by Vast Solar, then acquired by Genex Power on 7 September 2018[9]

Coal fired

Bayswater Power Station

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

Power station Max. capacity (MW) CO2 emissions (tCO2e) Emission intensity (tCO2e/MWh) Turbines Operator Mine type Conveyance Cooling water Scheduled closure[10]
Bayswater 2,640 13,725,965[11] 0.88 [11] 4 AGL Energy open cut conveyors, rail fresh 2035
Eraring 2,880 14,914,916[11] 0.87 [11] 4 Origin Energy underground rail, truck salt 19 August 2027
Mount Piper 1,400 6,841,302[11] 0.87 [11] 2 EnergyAustralia underground road, conveyor fresh 2040
Vales Point B 1,320 7,015,626[11] 0.86 [11] 2 Delta Electricity underground conveyors salt 2028
  • In 2007 Delta Electricity re-rated the two units at Mt Piper at 700 MW capacity.[clarification needed]
  • In February 2022, Origin Energy announced plans to bring forward the closure of Eraring to 2025, pending approval by the Australian Energy Market Operator.[12]

Gas turbine

Uranquinty Power Station

These fossil fuel power stations are fired with gas or liquid fuels to produce electricity by use of a gas turbine.

Power station Operator Max. capacity (MW) Emission intensity (tCO2e/MWh) Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle
Colongra Snowy Hydro 667 0.56[11] 4 natural gas no
Tallawarra EnergyAustralia 435 0.37[11] 2 natural gas yes
Smithfield Visy[13] 171 0.49[11] 4 natural gas no
Uranquinty Origin Energy 641 0.60[11] 4 natural gas no

Gas reciprocating engines

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

Power station Max. capacity (MW) Emission intensity (tCO2e/MWh) Engines Fuel type
Appin Mine 55.6 0.73[11] 54 coalbed methane+natural gas
Belrose 4 0.08[11] 1 landfill gas
Earthpower Camellia 3.9 3 biogas
Jacks Gully 2.3 0.06[11] 1 landfill gas
Lucas Heights I 5.4 0.06[11] 5 landfill gas
Lucas Heights II 17.3 0.06[11] 15 landfill gas
Sydney Water, Malabar 3 3 sewage gas
Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project 1 0.05[11] 1 landfill gas
Tahmoor [1] 7 0.57[11] 7 coalbed methane
Teralba 8 8 coalbed methane
Tower Mine 41.2 40 coalbed methane+natural gas
Wilga 11 0.59[11] 11 natural gas
Woodlawn 4 4 landfill gas
Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement [14] 1 0.07[11] 1 landfill gas
Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement [14] 1 0.06[11] 1 landfill gas

Hydroelectric

These hydroelectric power stations use the flow of water to generate electricity.

Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Pumped storage
Bendeela (Shoalhaven) 80 2 yes
Blowering 80 1 no
Brown Mountain 4.95 2 no
Burrendong 14.5 1 no
Burrinjuck 27 3 no
Copeton 24 1 no
Glenbawn 5.8 1 no
Guthega 60 2 no
Hume 58 2 no
Kangaroo Valley (Shoalhaven) 160 2 yes
Keepit 7.2 1 no
Kembla Grange 6.8 2 no
Murray 1 950 10 no
Murray 2 550 4 no
Nymboida 5 7 no
Oaky River 12 5 no
Pindari 5.6 2 no
Snowy 2.0 2000 6 yes
The Drop, Mulwala Canal 2.5 1 no
Tumut 1 330 4 no
Tumut 2 287 4 no
Tumut 3 1500 6 yes
Warragamba 50 1 no
Williams River Dam (private) 7 1 no
Wyangala 22.5 2 no

Wind farms

Main article: List of wind farms in New South Wales

Biomass combustion

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

Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Fuel type Conveyance
Broadwater Sugar Mill 10 1 bagasse on-site
Broadwater Biomass Co-Gen 30 1 bagasse/wood waste on-site & truck
Condong Sugar Mill 3 1 bagasse on-site
Condong Biomass Co-Gen 30 1 bagasse/wood waste on-site & truck
Harwood Sugar Mill 4.5 3 bagasse on-site
Visy, Tumut 21 1 black liquor on-site

Cogeneration

These power stations capture waste heat to generate some or all of the electricity they produce via cogeneration.

Power station Max. capacity (MW)
Amcor, Bomaderry 6
BlueScope, Port Kembla 62
Macquarie University 1.5
Stadium Australia 1
University of Western Sydney 1
Visy, Smithfield 6

Decommissioned coal-fired stations

Liddell Power Station
Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Coal type Mine type Conveyance Cooling water
Balmain 126.2 8 bituminous N/A ship / lighter salt
Bunnerong 375 11 bituminous N/A railway salt
Liddell 2051 7 bituminous open cut conveyors fresh
Lithgow 38 4 bituminous open cut railway fresh
Munmorah 1,400 4 bituminous underground conveyors salt
Newcastle East 70.75 6 bituminous N/A railway salt
Pyrmont 200 4 bituminous N/A railway salt
Redbank 150 1 bituminous (tailings) open cut conveyors fresh
Ultimo 79.5 6 bituminous N/A railway salt
Wallerawang 1,240 2 bituminous underground road, conveyor fresh
Wangi 330 6 bituminous underground conveyor fresh
White Bay 100 2 bituminous N/A railway salt

See also

References

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