List of power stations in Queensland

This is a list of active power stations in Queensland, Australia. Candidates for this list must already be commissioned and capable of generating 1 MW or more of electricity. Queensland has a diverse range of power generating types.^[1]

Rocky Point

Kogan Creek

Tarong

Millmerran

Stanwell

Gladstone

Swanbank

Townsville

Condamine

Darling Downs

Barron Gorge

Kareeya

Wivenhoe

Rockhampton

Cairns

Mount Isa

Callide

Location of power stations in Queensland
Coal, gas, hydroelectric, biomass
Cities

Coal fired

Gladstone Power Station, Queensland's largest power station

These fossil fuel power stations burn coal to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Power station	Max. capacity (MW)	Turbines	Coal type	Conveyance	Mine type	Cooling water	Commission year	Refs
Callide B	700	2	bituminous	conveyor	open cut	fresh	1988	[2][3]
Callide C	810	2	bituminous	conveyor	open cut	fresh	2001	[2]
Gladstone	1680	6	bituminous	rail	open cut	seawater	1976	[2]
Kogan Creek	750	1	bituminous	conveyor	open cut	dry cooled	2007	[2]
Millmerran	852	2	bituminous	conveyor	open cut	dry cooled	2002	[2]
Stanwell	1445	4	bituminous	rail	open cut	fresh	1996	[2]
Tarong	1400	4	bituminous	conveyor	open cut	fresh	1986	[4][2]
Tarong North	443	1	bituminous	conveyor	open cut	fresh	2003	[2]

• Gladstone scheduled for closure in 2035.^[5]
• Tarong scheduled for closure in 2036.^[6]
• Callide B scheduled for closure in 2028.^[5]
• Stanwell scheduled for closure in 2046.^[6]

Gas turbine

Braemar Power Station, 2006

Oakey Power Station, 2016

These gas turbine power stations use gas combustion to generate some or all of the electricity they produce. Combined cycle plants include an open cycle gas turbine, plus a heat recovery steam generator that uses waste heat from the gas turbine to make steam to drive a steam turbine.

Power station	Max. capacity (MW)	Turbines	Fuel type	Cycle	Refs
Barcaldine	55	2	natural gas	Combined
Braemar	502	3	coal seam gas	Open
Bulwer Island, BP Refining	32	3	coal seam gas	Combined
Condamine	144	3	coal seam gas	Combined
Darling Downs	630	4	coal seam gas	Combined
Diamantina	242	4 (gas) 2 (steam)	coal seam gas	Combined
Leichhardt	60	1	coal seam gas	Open
Mackay Gas Turbine	34	1	oil	Open
Mica Creek	318	12	natural gas	Combined
Mount Stuart	414	3	diesel	Open
Oakey	282	2	natural gas / diesel	Open	[7]
Phosphate Hill	42	9	natural gas	Combined
Roma	80	2	natural gas	Open
Swanbank E	385	1	natural gas/coal seam gas	Combined	[8]
Tarong Gas Turbine	15	1	diesel	Open
Townsville	242	2	natural gas / coal seam gas	Combined	[9]
Yarwun	180	1		Combined	[10]

Gas (reciprocating)

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

Power station	Max. capacity (MW)	Engines	Fuel type
Browns Plains	2.18	2	landfill gas
Cannington, BHP Minerals[11]	40.06	22	natural gas / diesel
Condamine	3	1	coal seam gas
Coominya, AFC Abattoirs	1.73	3	natural gas
Daandine	33	11	coal seam gas
Luggage Point, Myrtletown	3	2	sewage gas
Middlemount[12]	45	20	coal seam gas
Moranbah[13]	45	15	coal seam gas
Mt Isa XPS41	47.5	19	natural gas
Rochedale	3.3	3	landfill gas
Roghan Road	1.95	1	landfill gas
Stapylton	1	1	landfill gas
Suntown, Arundel	1	1	landfill gas
Swanbank B	7	1	landfill gas
Thompson Power Station	24	8	natural gas
Whitwood Road	1.1	1	landfill gas
Molendinar	0.7	1	landfill gas

Hydroelectric

Splityard Creek Dam is part of Wivenhoe Power Station.

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

Power station	Max. capacity (MW)	Turbines	Pumped storage
Barron Gorge	66	2	no
Kareeya	88	4	no
Kareeya 5	7	1	no
Somerset Dam	3.2	1	no
Tinaroo Falls Dam	1.6	1	no
Wivenhoe	500	2	yes
Wivenhoe Small Hydro	4.7	1	no

Wind farms

Windy Hill Wind Farm, 2007

Main article: List of wind farms in Queensland

These wind farms use the power of wind to turn wind turbines to generate all of the electricity they produce.

Power station	Max. capacity (MW)	Turbines
Thursday Island	0.45	2
Mount Emerald Wind Farm	180	53
Windy Hill Wind Farm	12	20
Coopers Gap Wind Farm	453	123

Solar

Main article: List of solar farms in Queensland

These power stations convert light into electricity using the photovoltaic effect.

Power station	Max. capacity (MW)
Barcaldine Remote Community Solar Farm	25
Clare Solar Farm	100[14]
Clermont Solar Farm	75
Collinsville Power Station	42
Darling Downs Solar Farm	110
Daydream Solar Farm	180[15]
Emerald Solar Park	68
Gatton Solar Research Facility	3.275
Hamilton Solar Farm	69[16]
Haughton Solar Farm	100
Hayman Solar Farm	60[17]
Kidston Solar Project	50
Lakeland Solar Farm	10.8
Lilyvale Solar Farm	100
Mica Creek Solar Farm	88
Normanton Solar Farm	5
Ross River Solar Farm	148[18]
Sun Metals Solar Farm	150[18]
Sunshine Coast Solar Farm	15
Susan River Solar Farm	75
University of Queensland Solar	1.22
Weipa Solar Farm	1.7
Whitsunday Solar Farm	69[19]

Biomass combustion

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

Power station	Max. capacity (MW)	Turbines	Fuel type	Conveyance
Babinda Sugar Mill, decommissioned	0	1	bagasse	on-site
Bingera Sugar Mill, Bundaberg Sugar	5	2	bagasse	on-site
Farleigh Mill, Mackay Sugar Ltd.	13	4	bagasse	on-site
Gympie Coffee Manufacturing, Nestlé	16	1	coffee grounds and sawdust	on-site
Inkerman Mill, Wilmar International	10	2	bagasse	on-site
Invicta Mill, Wilmar International	38.8	1	bagasse	on-site
Isis Central Sugar Mill	11.5	4	bagasse	on-site
Kalamia Mill, Wilmar International	9	1	bagasse	on-site
Macknade Mill, Wilmar International	8	2	bagasse	on-site
Marian Mill, Mackay Sugar Ltd.	18	3	bagasse	on-site
Maryborough Sugar Factory, MSF Sugar Ltd.	4.75	3	bagasse	on-site
Millaquin Sugar Mill, Bundaberg Sugar	5	3	bagasse	on-site
Mossman Central Mill, Mackay Sugar	11.85	5	bagasse	on-site
Mourilyan Sugar Mill, decommissioned	0	5	bagasse	on-site
Mulgrave Sugar Mill, MSF Sugar Ltd.	10.5	4	bagasse	on-site
Pioneer Mill, Wilmar International	68	2	bagasse	on-site
Pleystowe Mill, decommissioned	0	2	bagasse	on-site
Proserpine Sugar Mill, Wilmar International	20	4	bagasse	on-site
Racecourse Mill, Mackay Sugar Ltd.	13.8	2	bagasse	on-site
Rocky Point	30	1	bagasse, wood waste	on-site, road
Stapylton	5	1	wood waste	road
South Johnstone Mill, MSF Sugar Ltd.	19.3	3	bagasse	on-site
Suncoast Gold Macadamias	1.5	1	crop waste	on-site
Tableland Mill, MSF Sugar Ltd.	7	1	bagasse	on-site
Tully Sugar Mill	21.4	5	bagasse	on-site
Victoria Mill, Wilmar International	11.8	3	bagasse	on-site
Visy Paper, Brisbane	2	1	black liquor	on-site

See also

• Energy portal
• Australia portal

• Energy in Queensland
• History of electricity supply in Queensland
• List of power stations in Australia

References

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17. "Hayman Solar Farm". Archived from the original on 29 October 2018. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
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External links

• List of Green Power approved generators (pdf)
• Map of Power Station Locations in the NEM