Arckaringa Coal-to-Liquids and Power Project is a 840 MW coal power station in South Australia, Australia. It is operated by Altona Energy [100%]. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 1.1 million homes (estimated). It ranks #19 of 536 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 42.7% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).
Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id GEM_coa_arckaringacoaltoliqu_austr.
Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
The capacity and fuel fields on this page are source-record values from the upstream open dataset. They are useful for identification and ranking, but they have not been upgraded to a 2026 registry/GEM-location verified value.
capacity: GEM GCPT; fuel: GEM GCPT
At 840 MW, Arckaringa Coal-to-Liquids and Power Project is well above the median coal plant in Australia (700 MW). Coal plants burn pulverised coal to raise high-pressure steam for a turbine; they run as baseload but are the most carbon-intensive mainstream source and the first targeted for retirement or efficiency retrofits.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Operated by Altona Energy [100%].
This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a hot desert climate (Köppen BWh) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 27.9°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Climate zone & typical temperatures: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid).
The #17 largest coal power plant of 38 in Australia by capacity.
Australia has 38 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 32,918 MW of capacity.
Coordinates -27.938926, 134.726094 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Arckaringa Coal-to-Liquids and Power Project is a 840 MW coal power plant in South Australia, Australia.
Its output is enough to supply roughly 1,051,200 homes (estimated).
Arckaringa Coal-to-Liquids and Power Project is operated by Altona Energy [100%].
