List of power stations in New South Wales

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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.

Contents

Solar

Power station Max. capacity (MW)OperatorTechnologyCompletion dateNotes
Uralla BOC400ZenPhotovoltaic2025Boc Australia [1]
Moree Solar Farm 56 Fotowatio Renewable Ventures Photovoltaic2016
Beryl Solar Farm 87New Energy Solar / First Solar Photovoltaic2019110.9 MW DC, 87 MW AC [2] [3]
Finley Solar Farm 133ESCO Pacific / John Laing Photovoltaic2019175MW DC, 133 MW AC [4] [5]
Royalla Solar Farm 20 Acciona Photovoltaic2014
Nyngan Solar Plant 102 AGL Energy Photovoltaic2016
Broken Hill Solar Plant 53 AGL Energy Photovoltaic2016
Mugga Lane Solar Park, Canberra, ACT13MaonengPhotovoltaic2017
Gullen Range Solar Farm 10Goldwind AustraliaPhotovoltaic2017
Mount Majura Solar Farm Majura, ACT2.3Solar ChoicePhotovoltaic2016Co-developed by Solar Choice and Solar Fields [6]
Williamsdale Solar Farm Williamsdale, ACT11 ActewAGL Photovoltaic2017
Coleambally Solar Farm 150 Neoen Photovoltaic2018Started full scale operations as of 19 October 2018. Production had ramped up over the preceding months. [7]
Parkes Solar Farm 55 Neoen Photovoltaic201855MW AC, 66MW DC. [8] Farm was operating at full capacity as of March 2018. [9]
Griffith Solar Farm36NeoenPhotovoltaic2018
Manildra Solar Farm48.5First SolarPhotovoltaic2018
White Rock Solar Farm20Goldwind AustraliaPhotovoltaic2018
Jemalong CSP Pilot Plant 1.1Vast SolarThermal2017
Jemalong Solar Farm 50 Genex Power Photovoltaic2021Developed to approval by Vast Solar, then acquired by Genex Power on 7 September 2018 [10]

Coal fired

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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 [11]
Bayswater 2,64013,725,965 [12] 0.88 [12] 4 AGL Energy open cutconveyors, railfresh2035
Eraring 2,88014,914,916 [12] 0.87 [12] 4 Origin Energy undergroundrail, trucksalt19 August 2027
Mount Piper 1,4006,841,302 [12] 0.87 [12] 2 EnergyAustralia undergroundroad, conveyorfresh2040
Vales Point B 1,3207,015,626 [12] 0.86 [12] 2 Delta Electricity undergroundconveyorssalt2028

Gas turbine

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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 stationOperator Max. capacity (MW) Emission intensity (tCO2e/MWh) Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle
Colongra Snowy Hydro 6670.56 [12] 4 natural gas no
Tallawarra EnergyAustralia 4350.37 [12] 2 natural gas yes
Smithfield Visy [14] 1710.49 [12] 4 natural gas no
Uranquinty Origin Energy 6410.60 [12] 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 Mine55.60.73 [12] 54 coalbed methane+natural gas
Belrose40.08 [12] 1 landfill gas
Earthpower Camellia3.93 biogas
Jacks Gully2.30.06 [12] 1 landfill gas
Lucas Heights I5.40.06 [12] 5 landfill gas
Lucas Heights II17.30.06 [12] 15 landfill gas
Sydney Water, Malabar33 sewage gas
Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project10.05 [12] 1 landfill gas
Tahmoor 70.57 [12] 7 coalbed methane
Teralba 88 coalbed methane
Tower Mine41.240 coalbed methane+natural gas
Wilga110.59 [12] 11 natural gas
Woodlawn 44 landfill gas
Kincumber Landfill Gas Abatement [15] 10.07 [12] 1 landfill gas
Woy Woy Landfill Gas Abatement [15] 10.06 [12] 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) 802yes
Blowering 801no
Brown Mountain 4.952no
Burrendong 14.51no
Burrinjuck 273no
Copeton 241no
Glenbawn 5.81no
Guthega 602no
Hume 582no
Kangaroo Valley (Shoalhaven) 1602yes
Keepit 7.21no
Kembla Grange 6.82no
Murray 1 95010no
Murray 2 5504no
Nymboida 57no
Oaky River 125no
Pindari 5.62no
Snowy 2.0 20006yes
The Drop, Mulwala Canal2.51no
Tumut 1 3304no
Tumut 2 2874no
Tumut 3 15006yes
Warragamba 501no
Williams River Dam (private)71no
Wyangala 22.52no

Wind farms

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 typeConveyance
Broadwater Sugar Mill101 bagasse on-site
Broadwater Biomass Co-Gen301bagasse/wood wasteon-site & truck
Condong Sugar Mill31bagasseon-site
Condong Biomass Co-Gen301bagasse/wood wasteon-site & truck
Harwood Sugar Mill4.53bagasseon-site
Visy, Tumut 211 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, Smithfield6

Decommissioned coal-fired stations

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Liddell Power Station
Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Coal type Mine type Conveyance Cooling water
Balmain 126.28bituminousN/Aship / lighter salt
Bunnerong 37511bituminousN/Arailwaysalt
Liddell 20517bituminousopen cutconveyorsfresh
Lithgow 384bituminousopen cutrailwayfresh
Munmorah 1,4004bituminousundergroundconveyorssalt
Newcastle East 70.756bituminousN/Arailwaysalt
Pyrmont 2004bituminousN/Arailwaysalt
Redbank 1501bituminous (tailings)open cutconveyorsfresh
Ultimo 79.56bituminousN/Arailwaysalt
Wallerawang 1,2402bituminousundergroundroad, conveyorfresh
Wangi 3306bituminousundergroundconveyorfresh
White Bay 1002bituminousN/Arailwaysalt

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Australia's biggest solar farm will help power industrial gas giant in major deal brokered by Zen". RenewEconomy. 11 April 2025.
  2. ↑ Parkinson, Giles (24 June 2019). "Beryl solar farm reaches full output after single month of commissioning". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  3. ↑ "Beryl Solar Plant". New Energy Solar. 25 July 2018. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  4. ↑ "Project Details". Finley Solar Farm. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  5. ↑ Vorrath, Sophie (7 August 2019). "Finley solar farm starts sending power to NSW grid". RenewEconomy. Retrieved 18 November 2019.
  6. ↑ "Mount Majura Solar Farm powers up in ACT". 11 October 2016.
  7. ↑ "Full Scale Operations Commencing – Coleambally Solar Farm". coleamballysolarfarm.com.au. Retrieved 24 November 2018.
  8. ↑ "NSW's solar bonanza about to become reality - Australian Renewable Energy Agency". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. 1 February 2017. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  9. ↑ "Parkes Solar Farm". parkessolarfarm.com.au. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
  10. ↑ "Jemalong 60MW(DC) Solar Photovoltaic (PV) Project". Vast Solar. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "Transmission Annual Planning Report" (PDF). 2018. p. 11. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 "Electricity sector emissions and generation data 2017–18". www.cleanenergyregulator.gov.au. Retrieved 22 September 2019.
  13. ↑ "Australia's biggest coal power plant to close as its economics become 'unsustainable'". ABC News. 16 February 2022. Retrieved 17 February 2022.
  14. ↑ "Packager Visy sparks power plant auction, tests buyer appetite". Australian Financial Review . Fairfax Media. 21 May 2018. Retrieved 10 August 2018.
  15. 1 2 "Hallett Wind Farms | About AGL".
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