Glenbawn — Australia

Glenbawn is a 5.8 MW hydro power plant in New South Wales, Australia. It ranks #428 of 536 Australia power plants by installed capacity. As a non-combustion source, it has no direct CO₂ emissions from generation. In context, hydro supplies about 4.3% 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 AUS0000275.

Data provenance

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

capacity: WRI GPPD; fuel: WRI GPPD

In context: how this plant compares

At 5.8 MW, Glenbawn is below the median hydro plant in Australia (45 MW). Technically it is described as pumped storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — so it is not yet, or no longer, generating at full output. Hydropower converts the energy of falling or flowing water into electricity; output depends on rainfall and reservoir level, and large dams also provide grid balancing and storage.

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

How it compares & nearby plants

The #61 largest hydro power plant of 73 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 73 hydro power plants in this dataset, together about 8,878 MW of capacity.

Nearby power plants

• Liddell · Coal · 2,051 MW · New South Wales
• Liddell Solar Thermal · Solar · 9.3 MW · New South Wales
• Hunter Valley · Gas · 50 MW · New South Wales
• Bayswater · Coal · 2,665 MW · New South Wales
• Glennies Creek · Gas · 13 MW · New South Wales
• Redbank · Coal · 150 MW · New South Wales

Location

Coordinates -32.1097, 150.9982 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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