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Largest power plants in Western Australia, Australia by capacity

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

#	Plant	Fuel	Country	MW
1	Barrow Island LNG power station	Gas	Australia	590
2	Pinjar	Gas	Australia	576
3	Sino Iron power station	Gas	Australia	500
4	Cape Preston	Gas	Australia	456
5	Muja D	Coal	Australia	454
6	Coolimba power station	Coal	Australia	450
7	Collie (Bluewaters)	Coal	Australia	416
8	Muja C	Coal	Australia	400
9	Wagerup	Gas	Australia	380
10	Collie A	Coal	Australia	350
11	Neerabup	Gas	Australia	330
12	Kwinana NewGen	Gas	Australia	320
13	Kemerton	Gas	Australia	310
14	Pinjarra Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery	Gas	Australia	285
15	Southern Cross power station	Gas	Australia	244
16	Burrup Peninsula (Karratha Gas Plant)	Gas	Australia	240
17	Cockburn	Gas	Australia	240
18	Collgar Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	222
19	Newman (AU) power station	Gas	Australia	217.2
20	Burrup Peninsula (Karratha Gas Plant)	Gas	Australia	206.3
21	Kwinana High Efficiency Gas Turbine Plant	Gas	Australia	200
22	Yarnima power station	Gas	Australia	190.1
23	Yurralyi Maya (Karratha Seven Mile)	Gas	Australia	180
24	Newman Iron Ore Mine	Gas	Australia	170
25	Burrup Peninsula (Pluto Phase 1)	Gas	Australia	160
26	Telfer Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	159
27	Paraburdoo	Gas	Australia	155
28	Nickel West gas-fired power station	Gas	Australia	150
29	Telfer Gold Mine	Other	Australia	147
30	Solomon Hub mine power station	Oil	Australia	135.6
31	South Hedland power station	Gas	Australia	131
32	Cape Lambert	Gas	Australia	130
33	Port Hedland	Gas	Australia	126
34	Solomon Iron Ore Mine	Gas	Australia	125
35	Dampier	Gas	Australia	120
36	Kwinana Swift	Gas	Australia	120
37	Worsley	Coal	Australia	120
38	Kwinana Cogeneration	Gas	Australia	119
39	Mount Keith Nickel Mine	Gas	Australia	112
40	Mungarra	Gas	Australia	112
41	Kalgoorlie (Parkeston)	Gas	Australia	110
42	Worsley Cogeneration	Gas	Australia	106
43	Wagerup Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery	Gas	Australia	98
44	Walkaway Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	89.1
45	Karratha	Gas	Australia	86
46	West Angelas Mine	Gas	Australia	86
47	Port Hedland (Smaller)	Gas	Australia	84
48	Merredin	Gas	Australia	82
49	Emu Downs Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	79
50	Murrin Murrin (Nickel Mine)	Gas	Australia	78
51	Kwinana (Alcoa Refinery)	Gas	Australia	74.5
52	West Kalgoorlie	Oil	Australia	60
53	Leinster Nickel Mine	Gas	Australia	59
54	Christmas Creek Iron Ore Mine	Oil	Australia	58
55	Ravensthorpe	Oil	Australia	56
56	Mumbida Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	55
57	Greenough River Solar Farm	Solar	Australia	47
58	Cloudbreak	Oil	Australia	44
59	Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter	Gas	Australia	42
60	Kambalda	Gas	Australia	42
61	Broome	Gas	Australia	39.6
62	Esperance	Gas	Australia	33
63	Argyle Diamond Mine	Oil	Australia	32
64	Laverton (Granny Smith Gold Mine)	Oil	Australia	30.6
65	Ord River	Hydro	Australia	30
66	Sunrise Dam	Gas	Australia	28.4
67	Plutonic Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	28
68	Windimurra Vanadium Mine	Gas	Australia	23.7
69	Albany Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	21.6
70	Cawse Nickel Mine	Gas	Australia	21
71	Geraldton	Gas	Australia	21
72	Jundee Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	21
73	Kwinana	Gas	Australia	21
74	Wiluna Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	21
75	Emu Downs	Solar	Australia	20
76	Paraburdoo (Standby)	Gas	Australia	20
77	Mungullah	Gas	Australia	18
78	Carnarvon	Gas	Australia	15
79	Grasmere Wind Farm (Albany Stage II)	Wind	Australia	13.8
80	Wodgina	Gas	Australia	13.7
81	Derby	Gas	Australia	12.5
82	Kununurra	Oil	Australia	12.4
83	Darlot Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	11.7
84	Savannah Nickel Mine	Oil	Australia	10.8
85	DeGrussa	Solar	Australia	10.6
86	Northam	Solar	Australia	10
87	Norseman Mine	Oil	Australia	9
88	Exmouth	Gas	Australia	8
89	Wadeye	Gas	Australia	6.8
90	Roy Hill	Oil	Australia	6
91	Tamala Park	Waste	Australia	4.7
92	Leonora	Gas	Australia	4.4
93	Fitzroy Crossing	Gas	Australia	4.1
94	Canning Vale	Waste	Australia	4
95	Halls Creek	Gas	Australia	3.7
96	Esperance Wind Farm Nine Mile Beach	Wind	Australia	3.6
97	Onslow	Gas	Australia	3.6
98	Red Hill	Waste	Australia	3.6
99	South Cardup (Shale Road Landfill)	Waste	Australia	3.3
100	Henderson	Waste	Australia	3.2
101	Meekatharra	Oil	Australia	2.9
102	Perth Zoo	Solar	Australia	2.4
103	Coral Bay Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	2.2
104	Rockingham	Waste	Australia	2.1
105	Esperance Wind Farm Ten Mile Lagoon	Wind	Australia	2
106	Mount Magnet	Gas	Australia	1.9
107	Woodman Point	Waste	Australia	1.8
108	Kalbarri Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	1.7
109	Denham Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	1.6
110	Laverton	Oil	Australia	1.5
111	Bidyadanga	Oil	Australia	1.3
112	Bremer Bay Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	1.3
113	Hopetoun Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	1.3
114	Kalamunda	Oil	Australia	1.3
115	Mandurah	Waste	Australia	1.3
116	Marble Bar Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	1.3
117	Warmun	Oil	Australia	1.3
118	Wiluna	Oil	Australia	1.3
119	Hopetoun Wind Turbines	Wind	Australia	1.2
120	Gosnells	Waste	Australia	1.1
121	Noranda	Waste	Australia	1.1
122	Camballin	Gas	Australia	1
123	Narrogin Bioenergy Plant	Biomass	Australia	1
124	Shenton Park WMRC Project	Waste	Australia	1
125	Timber Creek	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 western australia, australia by capacity?

Barrow Island LNG power station (Australia) ranks #1 with 590 mw.

How many power plants are in this ranking?

This ranking covers 125 power plants in Western Australia, Australia.

Which plants make the top three?

1. Barrow Island LNG power station (590); 2. Pinjar (576); 3. Sino Iron power station (500).