This is a list of active power stations in Western Australia. Candidates for this list must already be commissioned and capable of generating 1 MW or more of electricity.
There are several independent electricity grids in Western Australia; the "Grid" column in the following tables indicates which grid each power station is connected to.
Coal fired
These fossil fuel power stations burn coal to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 1677 MW
Power station Max. capacity Turbines Coal type Mine type Conveyance Cooling water Grid Bluewaters 416 MW 2 bituminous open cut conveyor fresh SWIS Collie 300 MW 1 bituminous open cut conveyor fresh SWIS Muja 854 MW 4 bituminous open cut conveyor fresh SWIS Worsley Alumina Power Station 107 MW 4 bituminous open cut rail fresh SWIS
Gas turbine
These gas turbine power stations use gas combustion to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 5288 MW
Power station Capacity (MW) Turbines Fuel type Combined cycle Grid Cape Lambert (Pilbara Iron) 90 2 natural gas/diesel no Cape Preston (Sino Iron)4507natural gasyes Private (Cape Preston) Cawse 21 4 natural gas no Cockburn 240 2 natural gas yes SWIS Dampier 120 3 natural gas no NWIS Gorgon Gas Plant 5845natural gasnoPrivate (Gorgon Gas Plant) Kambalda 42 1 natural gas no SWIS Kalgoorlie 64 2 diesel no SWIS Kemerton 300 2 natural gas no SWIS Kwinana 21 1 natural gas no SWIS Kwinana Cogeneration Plant - Kwinana Oil Refinery 120 3 natural gas yes SWIS Leinster 42 1 natural gasno Merredin 82 2 natural gas/diesel no Mount Keith 67 2 natural gas no Private (BHP) Mungarra 112 3 natural gas no SWIS Murrin Murrin (Minara Resources) 76 3 natural gas yes Neerabup 330 2 natural gas no SWIS Newman 170 4 natural gas/diesel no NWIS Parkeston 110 3 natural gas/diesel no Pinjar 576 9 natural gas/diesel no SWIS Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia / AGL 280 2 natural gas No SWIS Port Hedland (Alinta) 175 5 natural gas/diesel no NWIS Paraburdoo (Pilbara Iron) 135 3 natural gas no NWISSouth Hedland (Transalta)1553natural gas/dieselyes NWIS Telfer Gold Mine, Newmont Mining1353natural gasno Private (Newmont Mining)Operations - Telfer West Angelas Power Station (Pilbara Iron) 90 2 natural gas/diesel no Worsley Alumina Power Station 120 1 natural gas yes SWIS Yurralyi Maya Power Station (Pilbara Iron) 225 5 natural gas no NWIS
Gas (thermal)
These power stations use gas combustion to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 274 MW
Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Fuel type Grid Capel (Iluka Resources) 6.5 1 waste heat Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 74.5 7 natural gas Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 95 4 natural gas SWIS Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia 98 4 natural gas SWIS
Gas (reciprocating)
These power stations use gas combustion in reciprocating engines to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 108 MW
Power station Max. capacity (MW) Engines Fuel type Atlas (Mirrabooka) 1.1 1 landfill gas Canning Vale 4 1 landfill gas Carnarvon 15.27 3 natural gas Dongara 1.6 3 natural gas Esperance 22 11 natural gas Henderson (Wattleup) 2.13 1 landfill gas Jundee (Northern Star Ltd) 13.2 6 natural gas Kalamunda 1.9 1 landfill gas Kelvin Road, Gosnells 2 2 landfill gas Leonora 3.2 5 natural gas Millar Road, Rockingham 1.6 2 landfill gas Mount Magnet 1.9 1 natural gas Plutonic (Billabong Gold) 20 7 natural gas Red Hill 3.65 1 landfill gas South Cardup 3.3 3 landfill gas Tamala Park 4.65 1 landfill gas Wiluna (Blackham Resources) 9 (mothballed) 4 sets operational 3 natural gas Windimurra 13 4 natural gas Wodgina Tantalum Mine 56 28 natural gas Woodman Point 1.8 3 sewage gas
Hydroelectric
These hydroelectric power stations use the flow of water to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 32 MW
Power station Max. capacity Turbines Pumped storage Grid Ord River Hydro 30 MW 4 no Kununurra-Wyndham-Lake Argyle
Wind farms
These wind farm power stations use the power of the wind to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 1012 MW
Power station Max. capacity (MW) Turbines Grid Albany 35.4 18 SWIS Badgingarra Wind Farm13037 SWIS Blairfox Beros Road Wind Farm9.519 SWIS Blairfox Karakin Wind Farm510 SWIS Blairfox West Hills Wind Farm510 SWIS Collgar Wind Farm 206 111 SWIS Denmark Community Wind Farm1.42 SWIS Emu Downs 79.2 48 SWIS Esperance (Nine Mile Beach Wind Farm) 3.6 6 Microgrid Horizon Power Esperance (Shark Lake Road) 9 2 Microgrid Horizon Power Esperance (Ten Mile Lagoon Wind Farm) 2.03 9 Microgrid Horizon Power Grasmere Wind Farm13.86 SWIS Kalbarri Wind Farm1.62SWIS Mt Barker Wind Farm2.43 SWIS Mumbida Wind Farm5522 SWIS Walkaway Wind Farm 90 54 SWIS Warradarge Wind Farm 180 51 SWIS Yandin Wind Farm21251 SWIS
Biomass combustion
These power stations burn biomass (biofuel) to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 6 MW
Power station Max. capacity Turbines Fuel type Conveyance Grid Ord Sugar Mill, Kununurra 6 MW 1 bagasse on-site Kununurra-Wyndham-Lake Argyle
Solar photovoltaic
These power stations use a semiconductor device that converts sunlight into electricity.
Total max. capacity: 191 MW
Power station Max. capacity MW Solar panels GridCunderdin128 SWIS, 55 MW/220 MWh batteryAmbri Solar Farm1 SWISBadgingarra Solar Farm19.25 62,000SWISEmu Downs Solar Farm20 75,000 SWISEsperance Solar Farm4 8,900 Microgrid Horizon PowerGarden Island2 6,400 Microgrid Greenough River Solar Farm 40 SWISMerredin Solar Farm100 360,000 SWISNortham Solar Farm10 33,600SWIS
See also
List of power stations in Australia Synergy (electricity corporation) Horizon Power South West Interconnected System
References
External links Government of Western Australia Office of Energy List of Green Power approved generators (pdf) Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy BCSE Renewable Energy Power Plant Register 2006 (pdf)