Winton Energy Reserve 1 Project — Australia

Winton Energy Reserve 1 Project is a 200 MW gas power station in Victoria, Australia. It ranks #102 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_wintonreserve1_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 200 MW, Winton Energy Reserve 1 Project is well above the median gas plant in Australia (106 MW). Technically it is described as Engine. Its current lifecycle status is “Pre Construction” — 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 #54 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

• Lake William Hovell · Hydro · 2 MW · Victoria
• Yarrawonga · Hydro · 9 MW · Victoria
• Shepparton Biogas Generation Plant · Waste · 1.1 MW · Victoria
• Numurkah Solar Farm · Solar · 100 MW · Victoria
• Tatura Biogas Generation Plant · Waste · 1.1 MW · Victoria
• Eildon · Hydro · 120 MW · Victoria

Location

Coordinates -36.4967763, 146.1021958 from WRI Global Power Plant Database (CC BY 4.0). View on OpenStreetMap.

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