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Redbank

Coal power plant in New South Wales, Australia. Approximate location -32.5802, 151.0719.

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Redbank is a 150 MW coal power station in New South Wales, Australia. It is operated by Biogreen Energy Pty Limited. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 187,714 homes (estimated). It ranks #109 of 512 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, coal supplies about 42.7% of Australia's electricity; the national grid averages 525 gCO₂/kWh (38.6% low-carbon) (2025).

150MW installed capacity
187,714homes powered (est.)

Plant data: WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0), id AUS0000285.

~657,000 t CO₂/yr (estimated) — in everyday terms

This facility's annual emissions are roughly equivalent to:

153,147passenger cars driven for a year
85,681homes' yearly energy use
10,950,000tree seedlings grown 10 years to absorb it

Estimated, not measured: from installed capacity at a typical 50% load factor × a typical coal emission factor (~1000 g CO₂/kWh, IPCC AR5 / US EIA). Actual emissions depend on plant efficiency and running hours.Equivalencies via US EPA Greenhouse Gas Equivalencies.

Capacity vs largest coal plants in Australia

Bayswater: 2,640 MW3kBayswaterLiddell: 2,200 MW2kLiddellLoy Yang A: 2,180 MW2kLoy Yang AGladstone: 1,680 MW2kGladstoneHazelwood: 1,600 MW2kHazelwoodYallourn: 1,480 MW1kYallournStanwell: 1,460 MW1kStanwellMt Piper: 1,400 MW1kMt Piper

Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).

Owner

Operated by Biogreen Energy Pty Limited.

Local climate & thermal context

This coal plant burns coal to raise high-pressure steam that spins a turbine-generator. It sits in a humid subtropical climate (Köppen Cfa) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 32.6°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.

18.0°Cannual mean temp
731heating degree-days (base 18°C)
727cooling degree-days (base 18°C)
78 melevation

Monthly mean temperature

J: 24 °CJF: 24 °CFM: 22 °CMA: 18 °CAM: 15 °CMJ: 12 °CJJ: 11 °CJA: 12 °CAS: 15 °CSO: 18 °CON: 21 °CND: 23 °CD24 °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 #27 largest coal power plant of 31 in Australia by capacity.

Australia has 31 coal power plants in this dataset, together about 26,933 MW of capacity.

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Location

Coordinates -32.5802, 151.0719 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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