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Power plants in Australia

A directory of 512 power plants in Australia with a combined installed capacity of 70,507 MW, mapped and ranked from open data — by fuel, capacity and emissions.

512power plants
70,507MW total capacity
9fuel types
139with measured CO₂

Power mix by fuel (Australia)

Gas: 142 plants142GasHydro: 73 plants73HydroSolar: 69 plants69SolarWind: 65 plants65WindWaste: 50 plants50WasteOil: 46 plants46OilCoal: 31 plants31CoalBiomass: 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).

Largest plants in Australia

#PlantFuelMW
1BayswaterCoal2,640
2LiddellCoal2,200
3Loy Yang ACoal2,180
4GladstoneCoal1,680
5HazelwoodCoal1,600
6Tumut 3Hydro1,500
7YallournCoal1,480
8StanwellCoal1,460
9Mt PiperCoal1,400
10TarongCoal1,400
11Mount Piper power stationCoal1,390
12Vales Point BCoal1,360
13Loy Yang BCoal1,000
14Murray 1Hydro950
15MillmerranCoal856
16Callide CCoal840
17Tomago Aluminium SmelterGas810
18Torrens Island BGas800
19Kogan CreekCoal744
20ColongraGas724

Largest by capacity → Dirtiest by CO₂ →

Browse by fuel

Gas (142)Hydro (73)Solar (69)Wind (65)Waste (50)Oil (46)Coal (31)Biomass (31)Other (5)