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Origin Energy — power plant portfolio

Origin Energy operates 11 power plants across 1 country, with a combined installed capacity of 3,143 MW. Its plants with asset-level emissions data total 340,772 t CO₂/yr.

11power plants
3,143MW total capacity
1countries
340,772t CO₂/yr (source-labelled)

Fleet by fuel

Gas: 7 plants7GasWind: 2 plants2WindHydro: 1 plants1HydroOil: 1 plants1Oil

Fleet interpretation

Origin Energy is represented here as an asset portfolio, not just a company label. The visible fleet spans 1 country; the largest concentration is Australia (11).

The fuel mix by asset count is gas (7), wind (2), hydro (1), oil (1). The largest listed asset is Uranquinty in Australia (664 MW), and the mean listed unit size is about 287 MW across units with capacity data.

CO₂ coverage is source-labelled: 3 plants have a reported or modelled CO₂ value in the dataset, including 0 measured records. Missing values remain blank rather than inferred as company totals.

Method: plant-level records are grouped by owner/operator label, then aggregated by country, fuel, capacity and CO₂ provenance.

All 11 plants

PlantFuelCountryMWt CO₂/yr
UranquintyGasAustralia664
Darling DownsGasAustralia644
MortlakeGasAustralia584
Mount StuartOilAustralia423
Bendeela (Shoalhaven Scheme)HydroAustralia240
QuarantineGasAustralia224
OsborneGasAustralia180282,287
Ladbroke GroveGasAustralia8036,184
RomaGasAustralia8022,301
Cullerin Range Wind FarmWindAustralia26
Wonthaggi Wind FarmWindAustralia12

Ownership & capacity: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). CO₂ is measured for EPA/EU ETS records and modelled for Climate TRACE records.

Frequently asked questions

How many power plants does Origin Energy operate?

Origin Energy operates 11 power plants across 1 country, with about 3,143 MW of total capacity.

What is Origin Energy's largest power plant?

Uranquinty in Australia is its largest at about 664 MW.

What types of power plants does Origin Energy run?

Its fleet is mostly gas (7), wind (2), hydro (1).

How much CO₂ do Origin Energy's plants emit?

Its reporting plants emit about 340,772 tonnes of CO₂ per year in this dataset.

By Dmytro Aheiev, Inzonex Research · ORCID 0009-0001-5512-0291 · data sources and methodology