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Eastern Creek 2

Waste power plant in New South Wales, Australia. Approximate location -33.8125, 150.8617.

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Eastern Creek 2 is a 9 MW waste power plant in New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by LMS Energy Generation Pty Ltd. Based on reported annual generation of 57 GWh, it can supply roughly 16,314 homes. It ranks #374 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

9MW installed capacity
57GWh reported / yr
16,314homes powered

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000044.

Reported generation trend

2013: 62 GWh20132014: 65 GWh20142015: 64 GWh20152016: 63 GWh20162017: 61 GWh20172018: 57 GWh201865 GWh

Annual generation (GWh), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by LMS Energy Generation Pty Ltd. All plants by this company →

Local climate & thermal context

This waste plant recovers energy by combusting municipal or industrial waste. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 33.8°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

17.6°Cannual mean temp
727heating degree-days (base 18°C)
553cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
39 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 23 °CJF: 23 °CFM: 21 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 11 °CJA: 13 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 18 °CON: 20 °CND: 22 °CD23 °C

Heating degree-days here run 70% below the median power plant in this dataset — a proxy for how much extra energy heated equipment must replace through its surfaces in winter.

Climate heat-demand index: 23/100 — this site sits in the bottom third of the power plants we cover by heating degree-days.

In colder climates, uninsulated hot equipment (boilers, turbines, valves, steam lines) loses proportionally more heat to ambient air — exactly the loss Inzonex modular insulation is designed to cut.

Climate normals: WorldClim 2.1 (1970–2000 monthly normals, 10 arc-min, CC BY 4.0); zone: Köppen-Geiger world climate classification (Kottek et al. 2006, 0.5° grid). Degree-days & heat-demand index computed by PowerAtlas — a modelled heat-demand proxy, not a measured site figure.

How it compares & nearby plants

The #5 largest waste power plant of 50 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 50 waste power plants in this dataset, together about 189 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -33.8125, 150.8617 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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