List of power stations in New South Wales

This is a list of active power stations in New South Wales, Australia. Candidates for this list must already be commissioned and capable of generating 1 MW or more of electricity.

Solar

Power station	Max. Capacity	Operator	Technology
Singleton	0.4 MW	Ausgrid	Photovoltaic

Power station	Max. Capacity	Turbines	Coal Type	Mine type	Conveyance	Cooling Water
Bayswater	2,640 MW	4	bituminous	open cut	conveyors, rail	fresh
Eraring	2,880 MW	4	bituminous	underground	rail, truck	salt
Liddell	2,000 MW	4	bituminous	open cut	conveyors, rail	fresh
Mt Piper	1,400 MW*	2	bituminous	underground	road, conveyor	fresh
Munmorah	0 MW (was 600MW)	2	bituminous	underground	conveyors	salt
Redbank	150 MW	1	bituminous (tailings)	open cut	conveyors	fresh
Vales Point	1,320 MW	2	bituminous	underground	conveyors	salt
Wallerawang	1,000 MW	2	bituminous	underground	road, conveyor	fresh

In 2007 Delta Electricity re-rated the 2 units at Mt Piper at 700MW capacity. Further upgrades to capacity will occur in 2008/9

These gas turbine power stations use gas combustion to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Power station	Max. Capacity	Turbines	Fuel type	Combined cycle
Colongra	667 MW	4	natural gas	no
Liddell, Hunter Valley	50 MW	2	fuel oil	no
Tallawarra	435 MW	2	natural gas	yes
Smithfield	176 MW	4	natural gas	yes
Uranquinty	641 MW	4	natural gas	no

These power stations use gas combustion in reciprocating engines to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Power station	Max. Capacity	Engines	Fuel type
Appin Mine	55.6 MW	54	coalbed methane+natural gas
Belrose	4 MW	1	landfill gas
Earthpower Camellia	3.9 MW	3	biogas
Jacks Gully	2.3 MW	1	landfill gas
Lucas Heights I	5.4 MW	5	landfill gas
Lucas Heights II	17.3 MW	15	landfill gas
Sydney Water, Malabar	3 MW	3	sewage gas
Shoalhaven Landfill Gas Project	1 MW	1	landfill gas
Tahmoor [1]	7 MW	7	coalbed methane
Teralba	8 MW	8	coalbed methane
Tower Mine	41.2 MW	40	coalbed methane+natural gas
Wilga	11 MW	11	natural gas
Woodlawn	4 MW	4	landfill gas

These hydroelectric power stations use the flow of water to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Power station	Max. Capacity	Turbines	Pumped storage
Bendeela (Shoalhaven)	80 MW	2	yes
Blowering	80 MW	1	no
Brown Mountain	4 Units Decommissioned, 2 Units operational	2	no
Burrendong	14.5 MW	1	no
Burrinjuck	27 MW	3	no
Copeton	24 MW	1	no
Glenbawn	5.8 MW	1	no
Guthega	60 MW	2	no
Hume	58 MW	2	no
Kangaroo Valley (Shoalhaven)	160 MW	2	yes
Keepit	7.2 MW	1	no
Kembla Grange	6.8 MW	2	no
Murray 1	950 MW	10	no
Murray 2	550 MW	4	no
Nymboida	5 MW	7	no
Oaky River	12 MW	5	no
Pindari	5.6 MW	2	no
The Drop, Mulwala Canal	2.5 MW	1	no
Tumut 1	330 MW	4	no
Tumut 2	287 MW	4	no
Tumut 3	1500 MW	6	yes
Warragamba	50 MW	1	no
Williams River Dam (private)	7 MW	1	no
Wyangala	22.5 MW	2	no

These power stations burn biomass (biofuel) to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Power station	Max. Capacity	Turbines	Fuel Type	Conveyance
Broadwater Sugar Mill	10 MW	1	bagasse	on-site
Broadwater Biomass Co-Gen	30 MW	1	bagasse/wood waste	on-site & truck
Condong Sugar Mill	3 MW	1	bagasse	on-site
Condong Biomass Co-Gen	30 MW	1	bagasse/wood waste	on-site & truck
Harwood Sugar Mill	4.5 MW	3	bagasse	on-site
Visy Paper, Tumut	21 MW	1	black liquor	on-site

These power stations capture waste heat to generate some or all of the electricity they produce via cogeneration.

Power station	Max. Capacity
Caltex Refining, Kurnell	7 MW
Amcor, Bomaderry	6 MW
BlueScope Steel, Port Kembla	62 MW
Macquarie University	1.5 MW
Shell Refining, Clyde	11.6 MW
Stadium Australia	1 MW
University of Western Sydney	1 MW
Visy Paper, Smithfield	6 MW