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Power plants in Australia

A directory of 536 power plants in Australia with a combined installed capacity of 84,516 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

536power plants
84,516MW total capacity
9fuel types
123with asset-level CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Australia)

Gas: 163 plants163GasHydro: 73 plants73HydroSolar: 69 plants69SolarWind: 65 plants65WindWaste: 50 plants50WasteOil: 46 plants46OilCoal: 38 plants38CoalBiomass: 31 plants31Biomass

Plant counts by primary fuel, WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Australia electricity grid — mix & carbon intensity (2025)

525gCO₂/kWh grid intensity
38.6%low-carbon electricity
38.6%renewables
61.4%fossil fuels
Coal: 43 % of electricity43CoalSolar: 20 % of electricity20SolarGas: 16 % of electricity16GasWind: 14 % of electricity14WindHydro: 4 % of electricity4HydroOil: 2 % of electricity2OilBioenergy: 1 % of electricity1Bioenergy

Source: Ember / Our World in Data (CC BY 4.0).

The state of Australia’s power emissions

Across the 116 Australia power plants carrying an asset-level CO₂ figure in this open dataset, total emissions are about 110 Mt CO₂/yr. The single largest emitter, Bayswater (coal), accounts for about 15% of that 116-plant reported subset (not of the whole country). The top three owners — Stanwell Corporation Ltd, Macquarie Generation, GEAC Great Energy Alliance Corporation — control roughly 43% of that 116-plant reported subset. Most of these plants sit in a temperate Köppen climate zone.

Largest emitters (Mt CO₂/yr)

Bayswater: 16.2 Mt CO2/yr16.2BayswaterLoy Yang A: 14.2 Mt CO2/yr14.2Loy Yang ATarong: 8.4 Mt CO2/yr8.4TarongYallourn: 8.3 Mt CO2/yr8.3YallournStanwell: 8.3 Mt CO2/yr8.3StanwellMt Piper: 7.4 Mt CO2/yr7.4Mt PiperVales Point B: 6.5 Mt CO2/yr6.5Vales Poin…Gladstone: 6.3 Mt CO2/yr6.3GladstoneMillmerran: 5.4 Mt CO2/yr5.4MillmerranKogan Creek: 4.6 Mt CO2/yr4.6Kogan Creek

Emissions by owner (Mt CO₂/yr)

Stanwell Corporation Ltd: 16.7 Mt CO2/yr16.7Stanwell C…Macquarie Generation: 16.3 Mt CO2/yr16.3Macquarie …GEAC Great Energy Alliance Corporation: 14.2 Mt CO2/yr14.2GEAC Great…TRUenergy: 8.9 Mt CO2/yr8.9TRUenergyDelta: 7.4 Mt CO2/yr7.4DeltaDelta Electricity: 6.5 Mt CO2/yr6.5Delta Elec…

CO₂ — measured (US EPA / EU ETS) or modelled (Climate TRACE), per plant · backbone WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0) · climate: Köppen-Geiger (WorldClim). CC BY 4.0.

Largest plants in Australia

#PlantFuelMW
1BayswaterCoal2,665
2Loy Yang ACoal2,215
3LiddellCoal2,051
4Kurri Kurri power stationCoal2,000
5Tumut 3Hydro1,800
6GladstoneCoal1,680
7HazelwoodCoal1,600
8YallournCoal1,480
9StanwellCoal1,460
10TarongCoal1,400
11Galilee Power projectCoal1,400
12Mt PiperCoal1,390
13Vales Point BCoal1,320
14Galilee Basin Power ProjectCoal1,200
15Loy Yang BCoal1,026
16Murray 1Hydro950
17MillmerranCoal880
18Callide CCoal840
19Arckaringa Coal-to-Liquids and Power ProjectCoal840
20Tomago Aluminium SmelterGas810

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Browse by fuel

Gas (163)Hydro (73)Solar (69)Wind (65)Waste (50)Oil (46)Coal (38)Biomass (31)

Power plants in Australia by region

Western Australia (127)Queensland (106)New South Wales (105)Victoria (80)South Australia (55)Tasmania (38)Northern Territory (20)

Cite this

Inzonex PowerAtlas (2026). Asset-level power-plant CO2 emissions — Australia. Derived from WRI GPPD, Climate TRACE, US EPA GHGRP and EU ETS (CC BY 4.0). https://inzonex.co.uk/poweratlas/australia/

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Frequently asked questions

How many power plants are in Australia?

There are 536 power plants in Australia in this open dataset, with about 84,516 MW of total capacity.

What is the largest power plant in Australia?

Bayswater is the largest at about 2,665 MW (coal).

What fuels generate electricity in Australia?

The most common plant type in this dataset is gas (163 plants), across 9 fuel types in total.

How clean is Australia's electricity grid?

Australia's grid carbon intensity is about 525 gCO₂/kWh, with 38.6% low-carbon generation (<a href="https://ember-energy.org/" rel="nofollow">Ember</a> / <a href="https://ourworldindata.org/energy" rel="nofollow">Our World in Data</a> (CC BY 4.0)).