List of power stations in Western Australia

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.

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

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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 MW 2 bituminous open cut conveyor fresh SWIS
Collie 300 MW 1 bituminous open cut conveyor fresh SWIS
Muja 854 MW 4 bituminous open cut conveyor fresh SWIS
Worsley Alumina Power Station 107 MW 4 bituminous open cut rail fresh SWIS

Gas turbine

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

Total max. capacity: 5288 MW

Power station Capacity (MW) Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Grid
Cape Lambert (Pilbara Iron) 90 2 natural gas/diesel no
Cape Preston (Sino Iron) 450 7 natural gas yes Private (Cape Preston)
Cawse 21 4 natural gas no
Cockburn 240 2 natural gas yes SWIS
Dampier 120 3 natural gas no NWIS
Gorgon Gas Plant[1] 584 5 natural gas no Private (Gorgon Gas Plant)
Kambalda 42 1 natural gas no SWIS
Kalgoorlie 64 2 diesel no SWIS
Kemerton 300[2] 2 natural gas no SWIS
Kwinana 21 1 natural gas no SWIS
Kwinana Cogeneration Plant - Kwinana Oil Refinery 120 3 natural gas yes SWIS
Kwinana - NewGen[3] 320 1 natural gas yes SWIS
Kwinana - Tiwest 36 1 natural gas no SWIS
Leinster 42 1 natural gas no
Merredin 82 2 natural gas/diesel no
Mount Keith 67 2 natural gas no Private (BHP)[4]
Mungarra 112 3 natural gas no SWIS
Murrin Murrin (Minara Resources) 76 3 natural gas yes
Neerabup 330 2 natural gas no SWIS
Newman 170 4 natural gas/diesel no NWIS
Parkeston 110 3 natural gas/diesel no
Pinjar 576 9 natural gas/diesel no SWIS
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia / AGL 280 2 natural gas No SWIS
Port Hedland (Alinta) 175 5 natural gas/diesel no NWIS
Paraburdoo (Pilbara Iron) 135 3 natural gas no NWIS
South Hedland (Transalta) 155 3 natural gas/diesel yes NWIS
Telfer Gold Mine, Newmont Mining 135 3 natural gas no Private (Newmont Mining)[5]
West Angelas Power Station (Pilbara Iron) 90 2 natural gas/diesel no
Worsley Alumina Power Station 120 1 natural gas yes SWIS
Yurralyi Maya Power Station (Pilbara Iron) 225 5 natural gas no NWIS

Gas (thermal)

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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 type Grid
Capel (Iluka Resources) 6.5 1 waste gas
Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 74.5 7 natural gas
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 95 4 natural gas SWIS
Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 98 4 natural gas SWIS

Gas (reciprocating)

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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) 1.1 1 landfill gas
Canning Vale 4 1 landfill gas
Carnarvon 15.27 3 natural gas
Dongara 1.6 3 natural gas
Esperance 22 11 natural gas
Henderson (Wattleup) 2.13 1 landfill gas
Jundee (Northern Star Ltd) 13.2 6 natural gas
Kalamunda 1.9 1 landfill gas
Kelvin Road, Gosnells 2 2 landfill gas
Leonora 3.2 5 natural gas
Millar Road, Rockingham 1.6 2 landfill gas
Mount Magnet 1.9 1 natural gas
Plutonic (Billabong Gold) 20 7 natural gas
Red Hill 3.65 1 landfill gas
South Cardup 3.3 3 landfill gas
Tamala Park 4.65 1 landfill gas
Wiluna (Blackham Resources) 9 (mothballed) 4 sets operational 3 natural gas
Windimurra 13 4 natural gas
Wodgina Tantalum Mine 56 28[6] natural gas
Woodman Point 1.8 3 sewage gas

Hydroelectric

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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 MW 4 no Kununurra-Wyndham-Lake Argyle

Wind farms

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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 21.6 12 SWIS
Badgingarra Wind Farm 130 37 SWIS
Blairfox Beros Road Wind Farm 9.5 19 SWIS
Blairfox Karakin Wind Farm 5 10 SWIS
Blairfox West Hills Wind Farm 5 10 SWIS
Collgar Wind Farm 206 111 SWIS
Denmark Community Wind Farm 1.4 2 SWIS
Emu Downs 79.2 48 SWIS
Esperance (Nine Mile Beach Wind Farm) 3.6 6 Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance (Shark Lake Road) 9 2 Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance (Ten Mile Lagoon Wind Farm) 2.03 9 Microgrid Horizon Power
Grasmere Wind Farm 13.8 6 SWIS
Kalbarri Wind Farm 1.6 2 SWIS
Mt Barker Wind Farm 2.4 3 SWIS
Mumbida Wind Farm 55 22 SWIS
Walkaway Wind Farm 90 54 SWIS
Warradarge Wind Farm 180 51 SWIS
Yandin Wind Farm 212 51 SWIS

Biomass combustion

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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 type Conveyance Grid
Ord Sugar Mill, Kununurra 6 MW 1 bagasse on-site Kununurra-Wyndham-Lake Argyle

Solar photovoltaic

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

Total max. capacity: 191 MW

Power station Max. capacity Solar panels Grid
Ambri Solar Farm 1 MW SWIS
Badgingarra Solar Farm 19.25 MW 62,000 SWIS
Emu Downs Solar Farm[7] 20 MW 75,000 SWIS
Esperance Solar Farm 4 MW Microgrid Horizon Power
Garden Island 2 MW 6,400 Microgrid
Greenough River Solar Farm[8] 40 MW SWIS
Merredin Solar Farm 100 MW 360,000 SWIS
Northam Solar Farm 10 MW 33,600 SWIS

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "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.
  8. ^ "Greenough River Solar Farm". Verve energy. Archived from the original on 13 October 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
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