Dubbo Firming Power Station — Australia

Dubbo Firming Power Station is a 68 MW gas power plant in New South Wales, Australia. It ranks #229 of 536 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, gas supplies about 16.4% 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 GOGPT_dubbofirming_austra.

Data provenance

Capacity and fuel are the upstream open-dataset record, not yet matched to a 2026 registry or GEM entry.

capacity: GEM GOGPT; fuel: GEM GOGPT

In context: how this plant compares

At 68 MW, Dubbo Firming Power Station is below the median gas plant in Australia (106 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Announced” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Gas plants burn natural gas either in open-cycle turbines for fast peaking, or in combined-cycle units that recover exhaust heat in an HRSG to reach roughly 55–62% efficiency — the cleanest-burning fossil option.

Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #98 largest gas power plant of 163 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 163 gas power plants in this dataset, together about 29,942 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Dubbo · Solar · 30 MW · New South Wales
• Narromine · Solar · 15 MW · New South Wales
• Bodangora Wind Farm · Wind · 113.2 MW · New South Wales
• Burrendong · Hydro · 19 MW · New South Wales
• Beryl AU · Solar · 87 MW · New South Wales
• Manildra Solar Farm · Solar · 42.6 MW · New South Wales

Location

Coordinates -32.2116641, 148.6329618 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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