List of power stations in Western Australia


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 stationMax. capacityTurbinesCoal typeMine typeConveyanceCooling waterGrid
Bluewaters416 MW2bituminousopen cutconveyorfreshSWIS
Collie300 MW1bituminousopen cutconveyorfreshSWIS
Muja854 MW4bituminousopen cutconveyorfreshSWIS
Worsley Alumina Power Station107 MW4bituminousopen cutrailfreshSWIS

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 stationCapacity TurbinesFuel typeCombined cycleGrid
Cape Lambert 902natural gas/dieselno-
Cape Preston 4507natural gasyesPrivate
Cawse214natural gasno-
Cockburn2402natural gasyesSWIS
Dampier1203natural gasnoNWIS
Gorgon Gas Plant5845natural gasnoPrivate
Kambalda421natural gasnoSWIS
Kalgoorlie642dieselnoSWIS
Kemerton3002natural gasnoSWIS
Kwinana211natural gasnoSWIS
Kwinana Cogeneration Plant - Kwinana Oil Refinery1203natural gasyesSWIS
Kwinana - NewGen3201natural gasyesSWIS
Kwinana - Tiwest361natural gasnoSWIS
Leinster421natural gasno-
Merredin822natural gas/dieselno-
Mount Keith672natural gasnoPrivate
Mungarra1123natural gasnoSWIS
Murrin Murrin 763natural gasyes-
Neerabup3302natural gasnoSWIS
Newman1704natural gas/dieselnoNWIS
Parkeston1103natural gas/dieselno-
Pinjar5769natural gas/dieselnoSWIS
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia / AGL2802natural gasNoSWIS
Port Hedland 1755natural gas/dieselnoNWIS
Paraburdoo 1353natural gasnoNWIS
South Hedland 1553natural gas/dieselyesNWIS
Telfer Gold Mine, Newmont Mining1353natural gasnoPrivate
West Angelas Power Station 902natural gas/dieselno-
Worsley Alumina Power Station1201natural gasyesSWIS
Yurralyi Maya Power Station 2255natural gasnoNWIS

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 stationMax. capacity (MW)TurbinesFuel typeGrid
Capel 6.51waste gas-
Kwinana Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia74.57natural gas-
Pinjarra Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia954natural gasSWIS
Wagerup Alumina Refinery, Alcoa Australia984natural gasSWIS

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 stationMax. capacity (MW)EnginesFuel type
Atlas 1.11landfill gas
Canning Vale41landfill gas
Carnarvon15.273natural gas
Dongara1.63natural gas
Esperance2211natural gas
Henderson 2.131landfill gas
Jundee 13.26natural gas
Kalamunda1.91landfill gas
Kelvin Road, Gosnells22landfill gas
Leonora3.25natural gas
Millar Road, Rockingham1.62landfill gas
Mount Magnet1.91natural gas
Plutonic 207natural gas
Red Hill3.651landfill gas
South Cardup3.33landfill gas
Tamala Park4.651landfill gas
Wiluna 9 4 sets operational3natural gas
Windimurra134natural gas
Wodgina Tantalum Mine5628natural gas
Woodman Point1.83sewage 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 stationMax. capacityTurbinesPumped storageGrid
Ord River Hydro30 MW4noKununurra-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 stationMax. capacity (MW)TurbinesGrid
Albany35.418SWIS
Badgingarra Wind Farm13037SWIS
Blairfox Beros Road Wind Farm9.519SWIS
Blairfox Karakin Wind Farm510SWIS
Blairfox West Hills Wind Farm510SWIS
Collgar Wind Farm206111SWIS
Denmark Community Wind Farm1.42SWIS
Emu Downs79.248SWIS
Esperance 3.66Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance 92Microgrid Horizon Power
Esperance 2.039Microgrid Horizon Power
Grasmere Wind Farm13.86SWIS
Kalbarri Wind Farm1.62SWIS
Mt Barker Wind Farm2.43SWIS
Mumbida Wind Farm5522SWIS
Walkaway Wind Farm9054SWIS
Warradarge Wind Farm18051SWIS
Yandin Wind Farm21251SWIS

Biomass combustion

These power stations burn biomass to generate some or all of the electricity they produce.
Total max. capacity: 6 MW
Power stationMax. capacityTurbinesFuel typeConveyanceGrid
Ord Sugar Mill, Kununurra6 MW1bagasseon-siteKununurra-Wyndham-Lake Argyle

Solar photovoltaic

These power stations use a semiconductor device that converts sunlight into electricity.
Total max. capacity: 191 MW
Power stationMax. capacity MWSolar panelsGrid
Cunderdin128SWIS, 55 MW/220 MWh battery
Ambri Solar Farm1SWIS
Badgingarra Solar Farm19.2562,000SWIS
Emu Downs Solar Farm2075,000SWIS
Esperance Solar Farm48,900Microgrid Horizon Power
Garden Island26,400Microgrid
Greenough River Solar Farm40SWIS
Merredin Solar Farm100360,000SWIS
Northam Solar Farm1033,600SWIS