NSW Gas Peaker Power Station — Australia

NSW Gas Peaker Power Station is a 500 MW gas power station in New South Wales, Australia. It ranks #47 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_nswpeaker_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 500 MW, NSW Gas Peaker Power Station is well above 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 #19 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

• Goldwind hybrid power station · Gas · 72 MW · New South Wales
• Lake Cargelligo CSP · Solar · 3 MW · New South Wales
• Kerrawary Power Station · Gas · 770 MW · New South Wales
• Nyngan Solar Plant · Solar · 102 MW · New South Wales
• Parkes Solar Farm · Solar · 55 MW · New South Wales
• Narromine · Solar · 15 MW · New South Wales

Location

Coordinates -32.627825, 146.723505 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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