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 127 power plants in 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).

Largest power plants in Western Australia, Australia by capacity

#	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
20	Burrup Peninsula (Karratha Gas Plant)	Gas	Australia	206
21	Kwinana High Efficiency Gas Turbine Plant	Gas	Australia	200
22	Yarnima power station	Gas	Australia	190
23	Yurralyi Maya (Karratha Seven Mile)	Gas	Australia	180
24	Newman Iron Ore Mine	Gas	Australia	170
25	PEG power station	Gas	Australia	165
26	Burrup Peninsula (Pluto Phase 1)	Gas	Australia	160
27	Telfer Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	159
28	Paraburdoo	Gas	Australia	155
29	Nickel West gas-fired power station	Gas	Australia	150
30	Telfer Gold Mine	Other	Australia	147
31	Solomon Hub mine power station	Oil	Australia	136
32	South Hedland power station	Gas	Australia	131
33	Cape Lambert	Gas	Australia	130
34	Port Hedland	Gas	Australia	126
35	Solomon Iron Ore Mine	Gas	Australia	125
36	Dampier	Gas	Australia	120
37	Kwinana Swift	Gas	Australia	120
38	Worsley	Coal	Australia	120
39	Kwinana Cogeneration	Gas	Australia	119
40	Mount Keith Nickel Mine	Gas	Australia	112
41	Mungarra	Gas	Australia	112
42	Kalgoorlie (Parkeston)	Gas	Australia	110
43	Worsley Cogeneration	Gas	Australia	106
44	Wagerup Bauxite Mine and Alumina Refinery	Gas	Australia	98
45	Walkaway Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	89
46	Karratha	Gas	Australia	86
47	West Angelas Mine	Gas	Australia	86
48	South Erregulla Power Plant	Gas	Australia	85
49	Port Hedland (Smaller)	Gas	Australia	84
50	Merredin	Gas	Australia	82
51	Emu Downs Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	79
52	Murrin Murrin (Nickel Mine)	Gas	Australia	78
53	Kwinana (Alcoa Refinery)	Gas	Australia	74
54	West Kalgoorlie	Oil	Australia	60
55	Leinster Nickel Mine	Gas	Australia	59
56	Christmas Creek Iron Ore Mine	Oil	Australia	58
57	Ravensthorpe	Oil	Australia	56
58	Mumbida Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	55
59	Greenough River Solar Farm	Solar	Australia	47
60	Cloudbreak	Oil	Australia	44
61	Kalgoorlie Nickel Smelter	Gas	Australia	42
62	Kambalda	Gas	Australia	42
63	Broome	Gas	Australia	40
64	Esperance	Gas	Australia	33
65	Argyle Diamond Mine	Oil	Australia	32
66	Laverton (Granny Smith Gold Mine)	Oil	Australia	31
67	Ord River	Hydro	Australia	30
68	Sunrise Dam	Gas	Australia	28
69	Plutonic Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	28
70	Windimurra Vanadium Mine	Gas	Australia	24
71	Albany Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	22
72	Cawse Nickel Mine	Gas	Australia	21
73	Geraldton	Gas	Australia	21
74	Jundee Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	21
75	Kwinana	Gas	Australia	21
76	Wiluna Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	21
77	Emu Downs	Solar	Australia	20
78	Paraburdoo (Standby)	Gas	Australia	20
79	Mungullah	Gas	Australia	18
80	Carnarvon	Gas	Australia	15
81	Grasmere Wind Farm (Albany Stage II)	Wind	Australia	14
82	Wodgina	Gas	Australia	14
83	Derby	Gas	Australia	12
84	Kununurra	Oil	Australia	12
85	Darlot Gold Mine	Gas	Australia	12
86	Savannah Nickel Mine	Oil	Australia	11
87	DeGrussa	Solar	Australia	11
88	Northam	Solar	Australia	10
89	Norseman Mine	Oil	Australia	9
90	Exmouth	Gas	Australia	8
91	Wadeye	Gas	Australia	7
92	Roy Hill	Oil	Australia	6
93	Tamala Park	Waste	Australia	5
94	Leonora	Gas	Australia	4
95	Fitzroy Crossing	Gas	Australia	4
96	Canning Vale	Waste	Australia	4
97	Halls Creek	Gas	Australia	4
98	Esperance Wind Farm Nine Mile Beach	Wind	Australia	4
99	Onslow	Gas	Australia	4
100	Red Hill	Waste	Australia	4
101	South Cardup (Shale Road Landfill)	Waste	Australia	3
102	Henderson	Waste	Australia	3
103	Meekatharra	Oil	Australia	3
104	Perth Zoo	Solar	Australia	2
105	Coral Bay Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	2
106	Rockingham	Waste	Australia	2
107	Esperance Wind Farm Ten Mile Lagoon	Wind	Australia	2
108	Mount Magnet	Gas	Australia	2
109	Woodman Point	Waste	Australia	2
110	Kalbarri Wind Farm	Wind	Australia	2
111	Denham Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	2
112	Laverton	Oil	Australia	2
113	Bidyadanga	Oil	Australia	1
114	Bremer Bay Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	1
115	Hopetoun Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	1
116	Kalamunda	Oil	Australia	1
117	Mandurah	Waste	Australia	1
118	Marble Bar Diesel Backup	Oil	Australia	1
119	Warmun	Oil	Australia	1
120	Wiluna	Oil	Australia	1
121	Hopetoun Wind Turbines	Wind	Australia	1
122	Gosnells	Waste	Australia	1
123	Noranda	Waste	Australia	1
124	Camballin	Gas	Australia	1
125	Narrogin Bioenergy Plant	Biomass	Australia	1
126	Shenton Park WMRC Project	Waste	Australia	1
127	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.

Largest power plants in Western Australia, Australia by capacity

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