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Largest power plants in New South Wales, Australia by capacity

The biggest power plants in New South Wales, Australia ranked by installed capacity (MW). Open data.

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Bayswater	Coal	Australia	2,665
2	Liddell	Coal	Australia	2,051
3	Kurri Kurri power station	Coal	Australia	2,000
4	Tumut 3	Hydro	Australia	1,800
5	Mt Piper	Coal	Australia	1,390
6	Vales Point B	Coal	Australia	1,320
7	Murray 1	Hydro	Australia	950
8	Tomago Aluminium Smelter	Gas	Australia	810
9	Tallawarra	Gas	Australia	796
10	Colongra	Gas	Australia	724
11	Uranquinty	Gas	Australia	664
12	Tumut 1 (Upper Tumut)	Hydro	Australia	616
13	Munmorah	Coal	Australia	600
14	Murray 2	Hydro	Australia	550
15	Wallerawang C	Coal	Australia	500
16	Tumut 2 (Upper Tumut)	Hydro	Australia	336
17	Capral (Aluminium Smelter)	Gas	Australia	300
18	Sapphire Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	270
19	Gullen Range Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	165.5
20	Kangaroo Valley (Shoalhaven Scheme)	Hydro	Australia	160
21	Smithfield Energy	Gas	Australia	160
22	Redbank	Coal	Australia	150
23	Capital Hill Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	141
24	HEZ Energy Peaking Power Plant	Oil	Australia	120
25	Bodangora Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	113.2
26	Boco Rock	Wind	Australia	113
27	Karadoc Solar Farm	Solar	Australia	112
28	Taralga Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	106
29	Nyngan Solar Plant	Solar	Australia	102
30	Beryl AU	Solar	Australia	87
31	Blowering	Hydro	Australia	80
32	Goldwind hybrid power station	Gas	Australia	72
33	Moree	Solar	Australia	70
34	Guthega	Hydro	Australia	60
35	Hume	Hydro	Australia	58
36	Appin (Mine)	Gas	Australia	55.6
37	Appin and Tower power station	Gas	Australia	55.6
38	Parkes Solar Farm	Solar	Australia	55
39	Broken Hill	Gas	Australia	53
40	Broken Hill Solar Plant	Solar	Australia	53
41	Hunter Valley	Gas	Australia	50
42	Warragamba	Hydro	Australia	50
43	Woodlawn Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	48
44	Gunning	Wind	Australia	46
45	Manildra Solar Farm	Solar	Australia	42.6
46	Eraring	Oil	Australia	41.5
47	Tower Mine	Gas	Australia	41.2
48	Broadwater	Biomass	Australia	38
49	Condong Sugar Mill	Biomass	Australia	30
50	Dubbo	Solar	Australia	30
51	Condong Cogeneration power station	Biomass	Australia	30
52	Griffith Solar Farm	Solar	Australia	29
53	Hunter	Oil	Australia	29
54	Burrinjuck Power Station	Hydro	Australia	27
55	Cullerin Range Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	26
56	Copeton	Hydro	Australia	24
57	Visy Pulp and Paper Tumut	Biomass	Australia	20
58	White Rock	Solar	Australia	20
59	Wyangala A	Hydro	Australia	20
60	Burrendong	Hydro	Australia	19
61	Lucas Heights II	Waste	Australia	16
62	Wilga Park	Gas	Australia	16
63	Narromine	Solar	Australia	15
64	Jounama	Hydro	Australia	14
65	Glennies Creek	Gas	Australia	13
66	Gullen	Solar	Australia	10
67	Blayney Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	9.9
68	Liddell Solar Thermal	Solar	Australia	9.3
69	Eastern Creek 2	Waste	Australia	9
70	Tahmoor	Gas	Australia	7
71	Woodlawn Bioreactor	Waste	Australia	7
72	Pindari	Hydro	Australia	6.7
73	Lake Keepit	Hydro	Australia	6.5
74	Eastern Creek	Waste	Australia	5.4
75	Lucas Heights I	Waste	Australia	5.4
76	Brown Mountain	Hydro	Australia	5
77	Summerhill	Solar	Australia	5
78	Crookwell Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	4.8
79	Oaky	Hydro	Australia	4.8
80	EarthPower Biomass Plant	Waste	Australia	3.9
81	Nine Network	Oil	Australia	3.2
82	Lake Cargelligo CSP	Solar	Australia	3
83	Teralba	Gas	Australia	3
84	Charlestown Square	Gas	Australia	2.8
85	Revesby Workers Club	Oil	Australia	2.5
86	The Drop	Hydro	Australia	2.5
87	North Sydney	Gas	Australia	2.4
88	Jacks Gully	Waste	Australia	2.3
89	Summerhill	Waste	Australia	2.2
90	Bankstown Sports Club	Oil	Australia	2
91	Grange Avenue	Waste	Australia	2
92	CSIRO Energy Centre	Solar	Australia	1.5
93	Jindabyne Dam Mini Hydro	Hydro	Australia	1.1
94	St George Leagues Club	Oil	Australia	1
95	West Illawarra Leagues Club	Oil	Australia	1
96	West Nowra (Shoalhaven)	Waste	Australia	1
97	Western Suburbs Leagues Club (Campbelltown)	Oil	Australia	1

Method: ranked from open data — capacity & fuel from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0); CO₂ measured for US EPA GHGRP / EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records. Sorted server-side; click any column to re-sort. Company-level data only.

Frequently asked questions

What ranks first in largest power plants in new south wales, australia by capacity?

Bayswater (Australia) ranks #1 with 2,665 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 97 power plants in New South Wales, Australia.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Bayswater (2,665); 2. Liddell (2,051); 3. Kurri Kurri power station (2,000).