List of power stations in South Australia

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

Pelican Point Power Station

Coal fired

Since 2016, there has been no coal-fired power generation in South Australia. The following fossil fuel power stations previously burned coal to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Playford A ceased generating in 1985. Playford B ceased operation permanently in October 2015, having been out of operation since 2012.^[1] Northern ceased operation permanently in May 2016.^[2]

Gas turbine

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

Power station	Owner/operator	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Fuel type	Combined cycle
Coopers Brewer (Regency Park)	AGL Energy	4.4	1	natural gas	yes
Dry Creek	Synergen Power	156	3	natural gas	no
Hallett	Energy Australia	180	12	natural gas/diesel	yes[3]
Ladbroke Grove	Origin Energy	80	2	natural gas	no
Mintaro	Synergen Power	90	1	natural gas	no
Osborne	Osborne Cogeneration	180	2	natural gas	yes
Port Lincoln	Synergen Power	73.5	3[3]	diesel	no
Quarantine	Origin Energy	224	5	natural gas	no
Pelican Point	Engie	478	3	natural gas	yes
Snapper Point	Nexif	154	5[4]	natural gas	no
Snuggery	Synergen Power	63	3	diesel	no
Whyalla Steelworks	Liberty OneSteel	8.4	2	natural gas	no
Temporary Generation South[3](Adelaide Desalination Plant)	SA Government	123	4	diesel	no

Two "temporary generation" facilities were introduced by the South Australian government before the 2017-18 summer season using General Electric gas turbine generators. They were intended to be used only in extreme circumstances to support the grid following two widespread blackouts in 2016. They were installed at the sites of the former Holden factory in Elizabeth South and the Adelaide Desalination Plant at Lonsdale.^[5] In 2022, the former Temporary Generation North turbines were successfully recommissioned at a new location as the Snapper Point Power Station at Outer Harbor.^[4]

Gas (thermal)

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

Power station	Owner/operator	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Fuel type
Torrens Island	AGL Energy	1,280	8	natural gas
Whyalla Steelworks	Liberty OneSteel	57.5	3	coke ovens and blast furnace gas/oil

Reciprocating engines

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

Power station	Owner/operator	Capacity (MW)	Engines	Fuel type
Angaston	Snowy Hydro	50	30	diesel
Barker Inlet	AGL	210	12	natural gas and diesel
Lonsdale	Snowy Hydro	21	18	diesel
Port Stanvac	Snowy Hydro	58	36	diesel
Kangaroo Island power station[6]	SA Power Networks	6	3	diesel
Blue Lake Milling Power Plant[3]	Vibe Energy	1	1	diesel
Tatiara Meats Bordertown	Vibe Energy	1	1	diesel
Pedler Creek Landfill		3	3	landfill gas
Wingfield landfill	Energy Developments	8	8	landfill gas
Bolivar waste water treatment plant	SA Water	9.9	4	sewerage gas[3]

Hydroelectric

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

Power station	Owner/operator	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Pumped storage
Terminal Storage Mini Hydro	Hydro Tasmania/SA Water	3	1	no

Wind farms

Main article: List of wind farms in South Australia

Power station	Owner/operator	Capacity (MW)	Notes
Canunda Wind Farm	Engie/Mitsui	46
Cathedral Rocks Wind Farm	EnergyAustralia/Acciona	66
Clements Gap Wind Farm	Pacific Hydro	58
Hallett Wind Farm - Hallett 1 - Brown Hill	AGL Energy	94.5
Hallett Wind Farm - Hallett 2 - Hallett Hill	AGL Energy	71.4
Hallett Wind Farm - Hallett 4 - North Brown Hill	AGL Energy	132
Hallett Wind Farm - Hallett 5 - The Bluff	AGL Energy	52.5
Hornsdale Wind Farm	Neoen and Megawatt Capital	315
Lake Bonney Wind Farm - Stage 1	Infigen	80.5
Lake Bonney Wind Farm - Stage 2	Infigen	159
Lake Bonney Wind Farm - Stage 3	Infigen	39
Mount Millar Wind Farm	Meridian Energy	70
Snowtown Wind Farm	Trustpower	368.7	Stage I & II
Starfish Hill Wind Farm	RATCH Australia	34.5
Waterloo Wind Farm	EnergyAustralia	111
Wattle Point Wind Farm	Infrastructure Capital	90.75
Lincoln Gap Wind Farm	Lincoln Gap Wind Farm	212	Stage 1 (126 MW) complete
Willogoleche Wind Farm	Engie	119

Solar

Project name	Coordinates	Capacity (MW)	Technology	Status	Sponsoring company	Notes
Bungala Solar Power Farm	32.42°S 137.84°E / -32.42; 137.84 (Bungala)	220	PV	Operating	Enel Green Power
Tailem Bend Solar Power Farm	35.28°S 139.49°E / -35.28; 139.49 (Tailem Bend)	108	PV	Operating	Vena Energy	Limited to 95MW to provide reactive power to the grid. Vena Energy are also planning a second stage of up to 100 MW (AC).[7]
Port Augusta Renewable Energy Park		110	PV	Under construction[8]	Iberdrola	Hybrid facility, 207MW wind, 110MW solar[8]
Aurora Solar Thermal Power Project	32.2°S 137.6°E / -32.2; 137.6 (Aurora)	150	CSP	Cancelled	SolarReserve	Cancelled in 2019
Cultana Solar Farm	32°54′S 137°36′E	280	Single axis tracking PV	Cancelled	SIMEC Energy Australia	[9][10]
Bungama Solar	33.19°S 138.09°E / -33.19; 138.09 (Bungama)	280	PV	Development approved[11]	EPS Energy	EPS Energy are also planning on pairing it with a 140MW/560MWh Battery Energy Storage System.[12][13]
Bridle Track Solar Project		300	PV	Announced	Rise Renewables	[14]
Pallamana Solar Farm		176	PV	Development approval[15]	RES Australia	RES Australia are also planning on pairing it with a battery storage facility.[16]
Snowtown North Solar Farm		45	PV	Announced	Tilt Renewables	Tilt Renewables notes it has "potential battery storage of up to 25 MW".[17]
Solar River Project Stage 1		200	PV	Announced	The Solar River Project	[18]
Solar River Project Stage 2		200	PV	Announced	The Solar River Project	[18]
Sundrop Farms	32°32′51.4″S 137°50′48.1″E	39	CSP	Operational	Sundrop Farms
Whyalla Solar Project		160	PV	Announced	Adani Australia	[19]
Chaff Mill Solar Farm	33.89°S 138.76°E / -33.89; 138.76 (Chaff Mill)	100	PV	Announced	Fotowatio Renewable Ventures	[20]

Battery storage

Power station	Owner/operator	Capacity (MW)	Storage (MWh)	Units	Energised	Fuel type
Hornsdale Power Reserve	Neoen	100 (150 after upgrade)[21]	129 (193.5 after upgrade)[21]	197	2017[22]	Wind and battery
Lake Bonney Wind Farm	Infigen Energy	25[23]	52[23]		2019[23]	Wind and battery
Dalrymple ESCRI battery	ElectraNet/AGL Energy	30	8		2019[24]	Wattle Point Wind Farm
Torrens Island grid scale battery	AGL	250	250		2023	State power grid

See also

• List of power stations in Australia
• Electricity Trust of South Australia
• Wind power in South Australia

References

1. Alinta Energy. "Flinders Operations Update | Alinta Energy". alintaenergy.com.au.
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14. "Bridle Track Solar Project | Rise Renewables". Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 4 July 2019.
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21. "Expansion progress update | Hornsdale Power Reserve". 22 March 2020.
22. "HPR fully installed and energised!". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
23. "Infigen - Firming Assets - Lake Bonney Battery". Retrieved 16 December 2020.
24. "ElectraNet - About the Battery". Retrieved 16 December 2020.

External links

• NEMMCO List of Generators (zip)
• Government of South Australia Annual Report of the Technical Regulator 2004-05 (pdf)
• List of Green Power approved generators (pdf)
• Australian Business Council for Sustainable Energy
• Map of Power Station Locations in the NEM
• Hornsdale Power Reserve