Marulan power station — Australia

Marulan power station is a 800 MW gas power station in New South Wales, Australia. It ranks #22 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_marulan_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 800 MW, Marulan power station is well above the median gas plant in Australia (106 MW). Technically it is described as CCGT; combined-cycle with a heat-recovery steam generator (HRSG); GE Power: GT13E2. 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 #3 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

• Taralga Wind Farm · Wind · 106 MW · New South Wales
• Bendeela (Shoalhaven Scheme) · Hydro · 240 MW · New South Wales
• Kangaroo Valley (Shoalhaven Scheme) · Hydro · 160 MW · New South Wales
• Crookwell Wind Farm · Wind · 4.8 MW · New South Wales
• Gullen · Solar · 10 MW · New South Wales
• Gullen Range Wind Farm · Wind · 165.5 MW · New South Wales

Location

Coordinates -34.6135865, 150.052602 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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