Nymboida is a 33.6 MW hydro power plant in New South Wales, Australia. It ranks #295 of 536 Australia power plants by installed capacity. Commissioned in 1924, it is around 102 years old — an older, legacy facility. 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 AUS0000283.
Data status
Known data
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Known, modelled and calculated values are kept separate. Missing fields are shown as unavailable.
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 33.6 MW, Nymboida is below the median hydro plant in Australia (45 MW). Technically it is described as conventional storage. Its current lifecycle status is “Mothballed” — 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 #40 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
- Oaky · Hydro · 4.8 MW · New South Wales
- White Rock · Solar · 20 MW · New South Wales
- Broadwater · Biomass · 38 MW · New South Wales
Location
Coordinates -29.9257, 152.7417 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
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Nymboida is a 33.6 MW hydro power plant in New South Wales, Australia, commissioned in 1924.