List of proposed power stations in Australia
Appearance
Fossil fuelled
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Status | Notes |
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SA | Kingston[1] | Hybrid Energy | 36°48′S 139°48′E / 36.8°S 139.8°E (Check) | 300 | Cancelled[2] | Brown coal |
SA | Arckaringa | Altona Resources | 27°30′S 135°30′E / 27.5°S 135.5°E (estimate) | 560[3] | Cancelled[2] | Coal to liquid, proposed to have CCS[4] |
NSW | Redbank 2 [5] | Altona Resources | 27°36′S 152°52′E / 27.60°S 152.86°E (estimate) | 151 | Cancelled [6] | Coal tailings-fired power station |
SA | Reeves Plains[7] | Alinta Energy | 34°30′14″S 138°36′40″E / 34.504°S 138.611°E | 300 | Proposed | To be supplied from Moomba-Adelaide pipeline |
QLD | ZeroGen | Government of Queensland[8] | 23°22′S 150°31′E / 23.37°S 150.51°E (estimate) | 300 | Cancelled[9] | Integrated gasification combined cycle (IGCC) with carbon capture and storage (CCS) |
QLD | Spring Gully [10] | Origin Energy | 25°26′46″S 150°00′25″E / 25.446°S 150.007°E (estimate) | 1000 | Proposed | Combined-cycle gas-fired power station. First 500 MW stage was planned to be operational in 2008,[11] but as of 2019 has not been built and is no longer on the Origin Energy website. |
WA | Bluewaters 3 & 4 [12] | Griffin Energy | 416 | On hold | Fuel is thermal coal. Project delayed due to decreasing demand.[13] | |
WA | Coolimba[14] | Aviva Corporation Ltd and AES, sold to Westgen | 29°56′56″S 115°12′47″E / 29.949°S 115.213°E (estimate)[15] | 450 | Rejected[16] | Fuel is sub-bituminous coal |
VIC | Shaw River[17] | Santos | 38°11′02″S 142°06′40″E / 38.184°S 142.111°E (estimate) | 1500 | Abandoned[18] | Gas |
VIC | Tarrone [19] | AGL | 38°10′52″S 142°10′48″E / 38.181°S 142.180°E | 920 | On hold[20] | Gas peaking |
SA | Quarantine Power Station Expansion | Origin Energy | 160/180 | Proposed | Includes an LPG import/storage terminal |
Hydro
Biomass
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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TAS | Bell Bay Pulp Mill [31] | Gunns | 41°09′18″S 146°55′12″E / 41.155°S 146.92°E | 180 | 2013 | Cancelled | Pulp Mill Biomass |
SA | Yorke Biomass Energy Project | Yorke Biomass Energy Pty Ltd | 15 | Proposed | Will use straw as fuel | ||
SA | Edinburgh Parks Bioreactor Plant Stage 1 | DeLorean Energy | 8 | 2020 | Proposed | Converts food waste into Methane gas | |
SA | Edinburgh Parks Bioreactor Plant Stage 2 | DeLorean Energy | 7 | 2021 | Proposed | Converts food waste into Methane gas | |
QLD | Ingham Integrated Energy Facility | North Queensland Bio-Energy Corporation Limited | 115 | June 2021 | Proposed | [32] |
Landfill gas
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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NSW | Woodlawn Bioreactor (units 7 to 12) [33] | EnergyAustralia | 6 | Q3, 2015 to Q4, 2021 | Proposed | Landfill gas | |
NSW | Woodlawn Bioreactor (units 4 to 6) [34] | EnergyAustralia | 3 | Q4 2011 to Q2 2014 | Proposed | Landfill gas | |
NSW | Club Merrylands [35] | Energy Response | 0.8 | Q4 2011 to Q2 2014 | Proposed | Liquid fuel |
Wind
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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QLD | Kennedy Wind Farm | Windlab | 21°S 145°E / 21°S 145°E | 750 | Proposed | [36] | |
QLD | Crows Nest | AGL Energy | 27°13′S 151°57′E / 27.217°S 151.950°E | 200 | Proposed | ||
QLD | Archer Point | 15°34′S 145°18′E / 15.567°S 145.300°E | 120 | Proposed | [37] | ||
QLD | Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm | Lacour Energy | 22°39′25″S 149°24′14″E / 22.657°S 149.404°E | 800 | Expected late 2022 | Proposed | Joint Solar / Wind Project. Battery Storage[38] |
TAS | TasWind | Hydro Tasmania | 39°52′S 143°59′E / 39.867°S 143.983°E | 600 | Abandoned | [39] | |
TAS | Western Plains Wind Farm | Epuron | 40°43′26″S 145°15′40″E / 40.724°S 145.261°E | 40 | Proposed | 13 turbines.[40] | |
QLD | Forsayth Wind Farm | Infigen Energy | 18°29′56″S 143°35′31″E / 18.499°S 143.592°E | 75 | Proposed | [41] | |
QLD | High Road Wind Farm | Ratch Australia | 17°36′S 145°28′E / 17.60°S 145.47°E | 80 | Proposed | [42] | |
QLD | Kaban Green Power Hub | Neoen | 17°34′S 145°24′E / 17.56°S 145.40°E | 130 | Proposed | 100MW of battery storage[43] | |
QLD | Lakeland Wind Farm | Windlab | 15°48′S 144°48′E / 15.8°S 144.8°E | 100 | Proposed | ||
QLD | Archer Point Wind Farm | Wind Power Queensland | 15°48′S 144°48′E / 15.8°S 144.8°E | 240 | Proposed | ||
TAS | Cattle Hill Wind Farm | Goldwind Australia | 42°09′04″S 146°41′17″E / 42.151°S 146.688°E | 144 | Under construction | [44] | |
TAS | Granville Harbour Wind Farm | Palisade Investment Partners | 41°48′07″S 145°03′22″E / 41.802°S 145.056°E | 112 | Under construction | [45] | |
TAS | Robbins Island Wind Farm | UPC Renewables | 40°41′06″S 144°55′34″E / 40.685°S 144.926°E | 1000 | Proposed |
Solar
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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QLD | Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm | Lacour Energy | 22°39′25″S 149°24′14″E / 22.657°S 149.404°E | 200-400 | Proposed | Joint Solar / Wind Project. Battery Storage[46] | |
QLD | Bulli Creek Solar Farm | Solar Choice
Sun Edison |
27°59′46″S 150°51′18″E / 27.996°S 150.855°E | 2000 | Proposed | Could become largest solar farm in the world when constructed.[47] | |
QLD | Munna Creek Solar Farm | Renewable Energy System Technologies | 25°52′S 152°28′E / 25.87°S 152.46°E | 120 | Proposed | [48] | |
QLD | Moranbah Solar Farm | Adani | 170 | Proposed | [48] | ||
QLD | Oakey Solar Farm (Stage 2) | Oakey 1 AssetCo Pty Ltd | 55 | Proposed | [48] | ||
QLD | Childers Solar Farm | ESCO Pacific | 80 | Proposed | [48] | ||
QLD | Rollingstone Solar Farm | ESCO Pacific | 110 | Proposed | [48] | ||
QLD | Aramara Solar Farm | Eco Energy World Australia | 140 | Proposed | [48] | ||
QLD | Kidston II | Genex | 270 | Proposed | |||
QLD | Jemalong | Genex | 50 | Proposed | |||
SA | Snowtown North | Tilt Renewables | 45 | Proposed | |||
WA | Waddi | Tilt Renewables | 50 | Proposed | |||
NSW | Beryl Solar Farm | New Energy Solar | 100 | June 2019 | Complete[49] | 5km west of Gulgong | |
NSW | Suntop Solar Farm | Photon Energy | 32°35′24″S 148°49′50″E / 32.5899°S 148.8305°E | 170 | Proposed | ||
NSW | Darlington Point | Edify Energy | 34°40′23″S 146°01′37″E / 34.673°S 146.027°E | 300 | Under construction | ||
SA | Cultana Solar Farm | Simec Energy Australia | 32°57′S 137°35′E / 32.95°S 137.59°E | 280 | Expected end of 2020 | Proposed | To be built (EPC) by Shanghai Electric as the first stage of a plan to power heavy industry with renewable energy.[50] |
SA | Bungama Solar | EPS Energy | 33°11′S 138°05′E / 33.19°S 138.09°E | 280 | Expected 2025[51] | Proposed | East of Port Pirie[52] |
SA | Pallamana Solar Farm[53] | RES | 35°05′S 139°12′E / 35.08°S 139.20°E | 176 | Expected Mid 2021 | Proposed | Pallamana northwest of Murray Bridge. Received planning consent 23 July 2019.[54] |
See also
- Wind power in Australia
- Solar power in Australia
- Coal mining in Australia
- Energy policy of Australia
- Effects of global warming on Australia
- List of power stations in Australia
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