List of proposed power stations in Australia

This is a list of proposed power stations in the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia currently has 11 proposed fossil power plants, 42 proposed renewable plants, and eight others.

Fossil fuelled StateProject nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity in MWStatusNotes SA Kingston Hybrid Energy (Check) 300Cancelled Brown coal SA Arckaringa Altona Resources (estimate) 5602014 South Australia Fuel and Technology ReportCancelled Coal to liquid, proposed to have CCSSATailem Power PrecinctLD Energy -35.28418784232653, 139.48659603028355300PlanningFast start with COD by December 2028 NSW Redbank 2 Altona Resources (estimate) 151Cancelled Coal tailings-fired power station SA Reeves Plains Alinta Energy 300Approved To be supplied from Moomba-Adelaide gas pipeline QLD ZeroGen Government of Queensland (estimate) 300Cancelled<ref></ref.</ref> Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with carbon capture and storage (CCS) QLD Spring Gully Origin Energy (estimate) 1000Possibly abandoned Combined-cycle gas-fired power station. First 500 MW stage was planned to be operational in 2008, but as of 2019 has not been built and is no longer on the Origin Energy website. WA Bluewaters 3 & 4 Griffin Energy 416On hold Fuel is thermal coal. Project delayed due to decreasing demand. WA Coolimba Aviva Corporation Ltd and AES, sold to Westgen (estimate) 450Rejected Fuel is sub-bituminous coal. VIC Shaw River Santos (estimate) 1500Abandoned Gas VIC Tarrone AGL 920On hold Gas peaking SA Quarantine Power Station Expansion Origin Energy 160/180Proposed Includes an LPG import/storage terminal

Nuclear StateProject nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity in MWCommissioning dateStatusNotes JBT Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant EnergyAustralia 500 1969-71Cancelled

Hydro StateProject nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity in MWCommissioning dateStatusNotes QLD Burdekin Hydro Stanwell Corporation 37Proposed QLDKidston Pumped Hydro (using former Kidston Gold Mine)Genex Power250 Expected 2024Pre-constructionSAGoat Hill Pumped HydroAltura Group/Delta Electricity230Expected late 2022ProposedAt Lincoln Gap, 12 km west of Port Augusta using fresh waterSACultana Pumped Hydro ProjectEnergyAustralia and Arup Group225Proposed for 2023Proposed, pending investment decisionUsing seawaterSAHighbury Pumped HydroTilt Renewables 300CancelledUsing a former quarrySABaroota pumped hydroRise Renewables200–270ProposedBaroota Reservoir 40 km northeast of Port PirieSAMiddleback Pumped Hydro GFG Alliance 1000ProposedIron Duchess mineSAKanmantoo mineAGL Energy250Plans dropped in February 2020Cancelled

Biomass StateProject nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity in MWCommissioning dateStatusNotes TAS Bell Bay Pulp Mill Gunns 1802013Cancelled Pulp mill biomass SA Yorke Biomass Energy Project Yorke Biomass Energy Pty Ltd15Proposed Will use straw as fuel SA Edinburgh Parks Bioreactor Plant Stage 1 DeLorean Energy 8 2020Proposed Converts food waste into methane gas SA Edinburgh Parks Bioreactor Plant Stage 2 DeLorean Energy 7 2021Proposed Converts food waste into Methane gasQLDIngham Integrated Energy FacilityNorth Queensland Bio-Energy Corporation Limited115June 2021Proposed

Landfill gas StateProject nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity in MWCommissioning dateStatusNotes NSW Woodlawn Bioreactor (units 7 to 12) EnergyAustralia 6 Q3, 2015 to Q4, 2021 Proposed Landfill gas NSW Woodlawn Bioreactor (units 4 to 6) EnergyAustralia 3 Q4 2011 to Q2 2014 Proposed Landfill gas NSW Club Merrylands Energy Response 0.8 Q4 2011 to Q2 2014 Proposed Liquid fuel

Wind StateProject nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity in MWCommissioning dateStatusNotes QLD Kennedy Wind Farm Windlab 750Proposed QLD Crows Nest AGL Energy 200Proposed QLD Archer Point 120Proposed QLDClarke Creek Wind and Solar FarmLacour Energy800Expected late 2022ProposedJoint solar / wind project. Battery storage. TAS TasWind Hydro Tasmania 600Abandoned TASWestern Plains Wind FarmEpuron40Proposed13 turbines.QLDForest WindCleanSight and Siemens Financial Services1200Cancelledhttps://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-09-01/queensland-government-dumps-wind-farm-project-forest-wind/105720254QLDForsayth Wind FarmInfigen Energy75ProposedQLDHigh Road Wind FarmRATCH-Australia80ProposedQLDKaban Green Power HubNeoen130Proposed100 MW of battery storageQLDLakeland Wind FarmWindlab100ProposedQLDArcher Point Wind FarmWind Power Queensland240ProposedTASRobbins Island Wind FarmUPC Renewables340 (Stage 1)ProposedUp to 340 in stage 1, 1000 laterWAAsian Renewable Energy Hub Macquarie Group, CWP Energy Asia, Intercontinental Energy, Vestas26002028 (first exports)Proposed; environmental approvalSolar/wind to create green hydrogen, ammonia

Solar

StateProject nameSponsoring companyCoordinatesCapacity in MWCommissioning dateStatusNotesQLDClarke Creek Wind and Solar FarmLacour Energy200-400ProposedJoint solar / wind project. Battery storage.QLDBulli Creek Solar FarmSolar Choice Sun Edison2000ProposedCould become largest solar farm in the world when constructed.QLDMunna Creek Solar FarmRenewable Energy System Technologies120ProposedQLDMoranbah Solar FarmAdani170ProposedQLDOakey Solar Farm (Stage 2)Oakey 1 AssetCo Pty Ltd55ProposedQLDChilders Solar FarmESCO Pacific80ProposedQLDRollingstone Solar FarmESCO Pacific110ProposedQLDAramara Solar FarmEco Energy World Australia140ProposedQLDKidston IIGenex Power270ProposedNSWJemalong Solar FarmGenex Power 502021CompleteCommissioned 2021SASnowtown NorthTilt Renewables45ProposedWAWaddiTilt Renewables50ProposedNSWBeryl Solar FarmNew Energy Solar100June 2019Complete5 km west of GulgongNSWSuntop Solar FarmPhoton Energy170ProposedNSWDarlington PointEdify Energy300Under constructionNTAustralia-Asia Power LinkSun Cable6000ProposedSACultana Solar FarmSimec Energy Australia280 Expected end of 2020ProposedTo be built (EPC) by Shanghai Electric as the first stage of a plan to power heavy industry with renewable energySABungama Solar FarmEPS Energy280Expected 2025ProposedEast of Port PirieSAPallamana Solar FarmRES176Expected Mid 2021ProposedPallamana northwest of Murray Bridge. Received planning consent 23 July 2019.WAAsian Renewable Energy Hub Macquarie Group, CWP Energy Asia, Intercontinental Energy, Vestasup to 3.5 GWPossibly 2026ProposedUndersea cable to southeast Asia and local mining industry intended as customers. Combined with wind farm.

See also

Wind power in Australia Solar power in Australia Coal mining in Australia Nuclear power in Australia Energy policy of Australia Effects of global warming on Australia List of power stations in Australia

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