List of power stations in Western Australia

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

Contents

There are several independent electricity grids in Western Australia; the "Grid" column in the following tables indicates which grid each power station is connected to.

Coal fired

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

Total max. capacity: 1677 MW

Power station Max. capacity Turbines Coal type Mine type Conveyance Cooling water Grid
Bluewaters 416 MW2bituminousopen cutconveyorfresh SWIS
Collie 300 MW1bituminousopen cutconveyorfresh SWIS
Muja 854 MW4bituminousopen cutconveyorfresh SWIS
Worsley Alumina Power Station107 MW4bituminousopen cutrailfresh SWIS

Gas turbine

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

Total max. capacity: 5288 MW

Power stationCapacity (MW) Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Grid
Cape Lambert (Pilbara Iron)902natural gas/dieselno
Cape Preston (Sino Iron)4507natural gasyesPrivate (Cape Preston)
Cawse214 natural gas no
Cockburn 2402 natural gas yes SWIS
Dampier 1203 natural gas no NWIS
Gorgon Gas Plant [1] 5845natural gasnoPrivate (Gorgon Gas Plant)
Kambalda 421 natural gas no SWIS
Kalgoorlie 642 diesel no SWIS
Kemerton 300 [2] 2 natural gas no SWIS
Kwinana 211 natural gas no SWIS
Kwinana Cogeneration Plant - Kwinana Oil Refinery 1203 natural gas yes SWIS
Kwinana - NewGen [3] 3201 natural gas yes SWIS
Kwinana - Tiwest 361 natural gas no SWIS
Leinster 421 natural gas no
Merredin 822 natural gas/diesel no
Mount Keith 672 natural gas noPrivate (BHP) [4]
Mungarra 1123 natural gas no SWIS
Murrin Murrin (Minara Resources)763 natural gas yes
Neerabup 3302 natural gas no SWIS
Newman 1704 natural gas/diesel no NWIS
Parkeston 1103 natural gas/diesel no
Pinjar 5769 natural gas/diesel no SWIS
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia / AGL2802 natural gas No SWIS
Port Hedland (Alinta)1755 natural gas/diesel no NWIS
Paraburdoo (Pilbara Iron)1353 natural gas no NWIS
South Hedland (Transalta)1553natural gas/dieselyes NWIS
Telfer Gold Mine, Newmont Mining 1353natural gasnoPrivate (Newmont Mining) [5]
West Angelas Power Station (Pilbara Iron)902natural gas/dieselno
Worsley Alumina Power Station1201 natural gas yes SWIS
Yurralyi Maya Power Station (Pilbara Iron)2255 natural gas no NWIS

Gas (thermal)

These power stations use gas combustion to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 274 MW

Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Fuel typeGrid
Capel (Iluka Resources)6.51waste gas
Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 74.57 natural gas
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 954 natural gas SWIS
Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 984 natural gas SWIS

Gas (reciprocating)

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

Total max. capacity: 108 MW

Power station Max. capacity (MW) Engines Fuel type
Atlas (Mirrabooka)1.11 landfill gas
Canning Vale41 landfill gas
Carnarvon15.273 natural gas
Dongara1.63 natural gas
Esperance2211 natural gas
Henderson (Wattleup)2.131 landfill gas
Jundee (Northern Star Ltd)13.26 natural gas
Kalamunda1.91 landfill gas
Kelvin Road, Gosnells22 landfill gas
Leonora3.25 natural gas
Millar Road, Rockingham1.62 landfill gas
Mount Magnet1.91 natural gas
Plutonic (Billabong Gold)207 natural gas
Red Hill3.651 landfill gas
South Cardup3.33 landfill gas
Tamala Park4.651 landfill gas
Wiluna (Blackham Resources)9 (mothballed) 4 sets operational3 natural gas
Windimurra134 natural gas
Wodgina Tantalum Mine5628 [6] natural gas
Woodman Point1.83 sewage gas

Hydroelectric

These hydroelectric power stations use the flow of water to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 32 MW

Power station Max. capacity Turbines Pumped storage Grid
Ord River Hydro 30 MW4noKununurra-Wyndham-Lake Argyle

Wind farms

These wind farm power stations use the power of the wind to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Total max. capacity: 1012 MW

Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Grid
Albany 21.612 SWIS
Badgingarra Wind Farm 13037 SWIS
Blairfox Beros Road Wind Farm9.519 SWIS
Blairfox Karakin Wind Farm510 SWIS
Blairfox West Hills Wind Farm510 SWIS
Collgar Wind Farm 206111 SWIS
Denmark Community Wind Farm1.42 SWIS
Emu Downs 79.248 SWIS
Esperance (Nine Mile Beach Wind Farm)3.66Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance (Shark Lake Road)92Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance (Ten Mile Lagoon Wind Farm)2.039Microgrid Horizon Power
Grasmere Wind Farm13.86 SWIS
Kalbarri Wind Farm1.62 SWIS
Mt Barker Wind Farm2.43 SWIS
Mumbida Wind Farm5522 SWIS
Walkaway Wind Farm 9054 SWIS
Warradarge Wind Farm 18051 SWIS
Yandin Wind Farm 21251 SWIS

Biomass combustion

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

Total max. capacity: 6 MW

Power station Max. capacity Turbines Fuel typeConveyanceGrid
Ord Sugar Mill, Kununurra6 MW1 bagasse on-siteKununurra-Wyndham-Lake Argyle

Solar photovoltaic

These power stations use a semiconductor device that converts sunlight into electricity.

Total max. capacity: 191 MW

Power station Max. capacity MW Solar panels Grid
Cunderdin [7] 128SWIS, 55 MW/220 MWh battery
Ambri Solar Farm1 SWIS
Badgingarra Solar Farm19.2562,000 SWIS
Emu Downs Solar Farm [8] 2075,000 SWIS
Esperance Solar Farm4Microgrid Horizon Power
Garden Island26,400Microgrid
Greenough River Solar Farm [9] 40 SWIS
Merredin Solar Farm100360,000 SWIS
Northam Solar Farm1033,600 SWIS

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Power generation starts at Gorgon LNG project offshore Australia". Endeavor Business Media LLC. Archived from the original on 15 October 2022. Retrieved 15 October 2022.
  2. ↑ "OpenNEM: An Open Platform for National Electricity Market Data". opennem.org.au. Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  3. ↑ "NewGen Kwinana Power Station". ERM Power. Archived from the original on 10 April 2012. Retrieved 6 July 2012.
  4. ↑ "Mt Keith Nickel Mine Expansion, Northern Goldfields, Western Australia" . Retrieved 14 July 2022.
  5. ↑ Operations - Telfer Archived 22 January 2010 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ "Contract Power".
  7. ↑ "The Australian solar farm that is producing power well after sunset". RenewEconomy. 13 April 2025.
  8. ↑ "WA's first co-located wind and solar farm completed at Emu Downs - Australian Renewable Energy Agency". Australian Renewable Energy Agency. Retrieved 15 April 2018.
  9. ↑ "Greenough River Solar Farm". Verve energy. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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