Victoria Sugar Mill is a 24 MW biomass power plant in Queensland, Australia. It is operated by Sucrogen Pty Ltd. Based on its capacity (estimated), it can supply roughly 33k homes (estimated). It ranks #328 of 536 Australia power plants by installed capacity. In context, biomass supplies about 1.1% 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 AUS0000175.
Data status
Known data
Calculated from dataset
Not available
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 24 MW, Victoria Sugar Mill is well above the median biomass plant in Australia (18 MW). Biomass plants burn organic material such as wood, residues or waste-derived fuel to raise steam; they are dispatchable and counted as low-carbon where the feedstock is sustainably sourced.
Capacity comparison computed from the WRI Global Power Plant Database; fuel-type context is general engineering background.
Key facts
- Share of Australia biomass capacity
- 3.3% of 720 MW across 31 plants in this dataset
Calculated from the capacity and generation records in this dataset (WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0)).
Capacity vs largest biomass plants in Australia
Installed capacity (MW), WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0).
Owner
Operated by Sucrogen Pty Ltd.
Local climate & thermal context
This biomass plant burns organic material (wood, residues) to raise steam for a turbine. It sits in a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — Southern Hemisphere, latitude 18.7°S — which shapes how much energy it can produce and how its output varies through the year.
Monthly mean temperature
This site has effectively no heating season (tropical/equatorial climate), so winter heat loss is not the driver here. The thermal concern shifts to year-round process heat and humidity/heat-driven corrosion of hot equipment.
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.
Site climate & environmental severity
This site sits in an aggressive, high-corrosion environment (estimated ISO 9223 class C5 — Very high), with marine salt corrosion the leading environmental stress.
Indicative estimate via the ISO 9223:2012 informative method (atmospheric corrosivity from temperature, time-of-wetness and airborne salinity), using WorldClim climate normals, the Köppen-Geiger class and coast distance. Indicative, not a measured corrosion rate.
How it compares & nearby plants
The #10 largest biomass power plant of 31 in Australia by capacity.
Australia has 31 biomass power plants in this dataset, together about 720 MW of capacity.
Nearby power plants
- Macknade Sugar Mill · Biomass · 8 MW · Queensland
- Rollingstone QLD · Solar · 125 MW · Queensland
- Townsville · Gas · 242 MW · Queensland
- Tully Sugar Mill · Biomass · 21.4 MW · Queensland
- Ross River · Solar · 128 MW · Queensland
- Mount Stuart · Oil · 423 MW · Queensland
Location
Coordinates -18.6508, 146.2016 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.
Frequently asked questions
What type of power plant is Victoria Sugar Mill?
Victoria Sugar Mill is a 24 MW biomass power plant in Queensland, Australia.
Who operates Victoria Sugar Mill?
Victoria Sugar Mill is operated by Sucrogen Pty Ltd.