Natural Gas Power Plants in Australia

175 plants · 26,450 MW total installed capacity

#	Power plant	Capacity (MW)	Year
1	Tomago Aluminium Smelter	810	2004
2	Torrens Island B	800	2004
3	Colongra	724	2010
4	Colongra Power Station	724	2011
5	Uranquinty	664	2010
6	Darling Downs	644	2010
7	Uranquinty Power Station	640	2009
8	Mortlake Power Station	584	2014
9	Pinjar	576	2006
10	Pinjar Power Station	576	2010
11	Mortlake	566	2014
12	Braemar 2	519	2010
13	Braemar 1	504	2004
14	Newport	500	2010
15	Pelican Point Power Station	485	2001
16	Torrens Island A	480	2004
17	Pelican Point	478	2004
18	Tallawarra	460	2009
19	Cape Preston	450	2010
20	Jeeralang Power Station	440	1996
21	Tamar Valley	390	2009
22	Tamar Valley Power Station	388	2009
23	Swanbank E	385	2010
24	Swanbank E Power Station	385	2002
25	Wagerup Power Station	380	2001
26	Wagerup	380	2001
27	Oakey Power Station	346	2012
28	Neerabup Power Station	330	2018
29	Neerabup	330	2018
30	Mica Creek	325	1996
31	Kwinana NewGen	320	2013
32	Laverton North	312	2001
33	Kemerton Power Station	310	2019
34	Channel Island	310	1998
35	Capral (Aluminium Smelter)	300	1969
36	Valley (Peaking Facility)	300	2002
37	Oakey	282	2002
38	Pinjarra Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery	280	2004
39	Kemerton	260.9	2010
40	Diamantina	242	2006
41	Cockburn	240	2006
42	Burrup Peninsula (Karratha Gas Plant)	240	2004
43	Channel Island Power Station	232	2001
44	Hallett	228.3	2001
45	Jeeralang B	228	2002
46	Quarantine	224	2000
47	Townsville	220	2010
48	Port Hedland Power Station	210	2014
49	Jeeralang A	204	1997
50	Kwinana Power Station	200	2016
51	Kwinana High Efficiency Gas Turbine Plant	200	2006
52	ALINTA_WGP_U2	196	2015
53	Yurralyi Maya (Karratha Seven Mile)	180	2012
54	Osborne	180	2000
55	Newman Alinta Power Station	178	1996
56	Smithfield Energy	170.9	2001
57	Somerton Power Station	170	2001
58	Newman Iron Ore Mine	170	2010
59	Somerton	160	2010
60	Burrup Peninsula (Pluto Phase 1)	160	2010
61	Telfer Gold Mine	159	2004
62	Dry Creek	156	2000
63	KEMERTON_GT12	155	—
64	Paraburdoo	155	—
65	Yarwun	154	—
66	Condamine A	144	1999
67	Alinta Pinjarra Power Station Unit	143	2018
68	Condamine Power Station	140	2000
69	PINJAR GT11	128.2	—
70	Port Hedland	126	2005
71	Solomon Iron Ore Mine	125	2013
72	Kwinana Cogeneration	123	2000
73	Kwinana Swift	120	2010
74	Dampier	120	1985
75	Bell Bay (Bell Bay Three)	115	2009
76	Mungarra Power Station	112	1999
77	Mungarra Power Station	112	1999
78	Mount Keith Nickel Mine	112	1998
79	Kalgoorlie (Parkeston)	110	2010
80	Worsley Cogeneration	106	2005
81	Cape Lambert	105	2006
82	KWINANA_GT3	103.94	2013
83	Wagerup Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery	98	2001
84	Bairnsdale	94	—
85	Mintaro	90	2001
86	West Angelas Mine	86	2004
87	Karratha	86	—
88	Weddell	86	—
89	South Erregulla Power Project	85	—
90	Port Hedland (Smaller)	84	2005
91	Merredin	82	2015
92	Merredin Gas Turbine generator	82	2014
93	Ladbroke Grove	80	2001
94	Roma	80	2001
95	Murrin Murrin (Nickel Mine)	78	2000
96	McArthur River Mine	78	2000
97	Kwinana (Alcoa Refinery)	74.5	2010
98	Parkeston Power Station	68	2010
99	Snuggery	63	2010
100	Leichhardt	60	—

Frequently Asked Questions: Natural Gas Power in Australia

How many Natural Gas power plants are in Australia?

Australia has 175 Natural Gas power plants; the 100 largest alone total 26,450 MW of installed capacity.

What is the largest Natural Gas power plant in Australia?

Tomago Aluminium Smelter is the largest Natural Gas power plant in Australia, with an installed capacity of 810 MW, commissioned in 2004.

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