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This is a list of proposed power stations in the Commonwealth of Australia. Australia currently has 11 proposed fossil power plants, 42 proposed renewable plants, and eight others.
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Status | Notes |
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SA | Kingston[1] | Hybrid Energy | 36.8°S 139.8°E (Check) | 300 | Cancelled[2] | Brown coal |
SA | Arckaringa | Altona Resources | 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 | 27.60°S 152.86°E (estimate) | 151 | Cancelled[6] | Coal tailings-fired power station |
SA | Reeves Plains[7] | Alinta Energy | 34.504°S 138.611°E | 300 | Approved | To be supplied from Moomba-Adelaide gas pipeline |
QLD | ZeroGen | Government of Queensland[8] | 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 | 25.446°S 150.007°E (estimate) | 1000 | Possibly abandoned | 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 | 29.949°S 115.213°E (estimate)[15] | 450 | Rejected[16] | Fuel is sub-bituminous coal. |
VIC | Shaw River[17] | Santos | 38.184°S 142.111°E (estimate) | 1500 | Abandoned[18] | Gas |
VIC | Tarrone [19] | AGL | 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 | |
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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JBT | Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant | EnergyAustralia | 35.133841°S 150.757424°E[21] | 500 | 1969-71 | Cancelled | |
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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QLD | Burdekin Hydro | Stanwell Corporation | 20.6435°S 147.138°E | 37 | Proposed | [22] | |
QLD | Kidston Pumped Hydro (using former Kidston Gold Mine) | Genex Power | 19.0833°S 144.124°E | 250 | Expected 2024 | Pre-construction | [23] |
SA | Goat Hill Pumped Hydro | Altura Group/Delta Electricity | 230 | Expected late 2022 | Proposed | At Lincoln Gap, 12 km west of Port Augusta using fresh water[24] | |
SA | Cultana Pumped Hydro Project | EnergyAustralia and Arup Group | 32.59°S 137.73°E[25] | 225 | Proposed for 2023 | Proposed, pending investment decision | Using seawater[26] |
SA | Highbury Pumped Hydro | Tilt Renewables | 34.85°S 138.74°E | 300 | Cancelled[27] | Using a former quarry[28] | |
SA | Baroota pumped hydro | Rise Renewables | 32.92°S 138.06°E | 200–270 | Proposed | Baroota Reservoir 40 km northeast of Port Pirie[29] | |
SA | Middleback Pumped Hydro | GFG Alliance | 33.25°S 137.11°E | 1000 | Proposed | Iron Duchess mine[30] | |
SA | Kanmantoo mine | AGL Energy | 35.09°S 139.01°E | 250 | Plans dropped in February 2020 | Cancelled[31] | [32][33] |
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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TAS | Bell Bay Pulp Mill[34] | Gunns | 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 | [35] | |
State | Project name | Sponsoring company | Coordinates | Capacity in MW | Commissioning date | Status | Notes |
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NSW | Woodlawn Bioreactor (units 7 to 12) [34] | 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 [34] | Energy Response | 0.8 | Q4 2011 to Q2 2014 | Proposed | Liquid fuel | |
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 | 750 | Proposed | [36] | |
QLD | Crows Nest | AGL Energy | 27°13′S 151°57′E | 200 | Proposed | ||
QLD | Archer Point | 15°34′S 145°18′E | 120 | Proposed | [37] | ||
QLD | Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm | Lacour Energy | 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 | 600 | Abandoned | [39] | |
TAS | Western Plains Wind Farm | Epuron | 40.724°S 145.261°E | 40 | Proposed | 13 turbines.[40] | |
QLD | Forest Wind | CleanSight and Siemens Financial Services | 25.776°S 152.795°E | 1200 | Proposed | [41][42][43] | |
QLD | Forsayth Wind Farm | Infigen Energy | 18.499°S 143.592°E | 75 | Proposed | [44] | |
QLD | High Road Wind Farm | RATCH-Australia | 17.60°S 145.47°E | 80 | Proposed | [45] | |
QLD | Kaban Green Power Hub | Neoen | 17.56°S 145.40°E | 130 | Proposed | 100MW of battery storage[46] | |
QLD | Lakeland Wind Farm | Windlab | 15.8°S 144.8°E | 100 | Proposed | ||
QLD | Archer Point Wind Farm | Wind Power Queensland | 15.8°S 144.8°E | 240 | Proposed | ||
TAS | Robbins Island Wind Farm[47] | UPC Renewables | 40.685°S 144.926°E | 340 (Stage 1) | Proposed | Up to 340 in stage 1, 1000 later[47] | |
WA | Asian Renewable Energy Hub[48] | Macquarie Group, CWP Energy Asia, Intercontinental Energy, Vestas[49] | 20°S 121°E | 2600 | 2028 (first exports)[50] | Proposed; environmental approval | Solar/wind to create green hydrogen, ammonia[48][51] |
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 | 22.657°S 149.404°E | 200-400 | Proposed | Joint solar / wind project. Battery storage.[38] | |
QLD | Bulli Creek Solar Farm | Solar Choice
Sun Edison |
27.996°S 150.855°E | 2000 | Proposed | Could become largest solar farm in the world when constructed.[52] | |
QLD | Munna Creek Solar Farm | Renewable Energy System Technologies | 25.87°S 152.46°E | 120 | Proposed | [53] | |
QLD | Moranbah Solar Farm | Adani | 170 | Proposed | [53] | ||
QLD | Oakey Solar Farm (Stage 2) | Oakey 1 AssetCo Pty Ltd | 55 | Proposed | [53] | ||
QLD | Childers Solar Farm | ESCO Pacific | 80 | Proposed | [53] | ||
QLD | Rollingstone Solar Farm | ESCO Pacific | 110 | Proposed | [53] | ||
QLD | Aramara Solar Farm | Eco Energy World Australia | 140 | Proposed | [53] | ||
QLD | Kidston II | Genex Power | 270 | Proposed | |||
NSW | Jemalong Solar Farm | Genex Power | 33°24′29″S 147°38′49″E | 50 | 2021[54] | Under construction | |
SA | Snowtown North | Tilt Renewables | 45 | Proposed | |||
WA | Waddi[55] | Tilt Renewables | 50 | Proposed | |||
NSW | Beryl Solar Farm | New Energy Solar | 100 | June 2019 | Complete[56] | 5 km west of Gulgong | |
NSW | Suntop Solar Farm | Photon Energy | 32.5899°S 148.8305°E | 170 | Proposed | ||
NSW | Darlington Point | Edify Energy | 34.673°S 146.027°E | 300 | Under construction | ||
SA | Cultana Solar Farm | Simec Energy Australia | 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[57] |
SA | Bungama Solar Farm | EPS Energy | 33.19°S 138.09°E | 280 | Expected 2025[58] | Proposed | East of Port Pirie[59] |
SA | Pallamana Solar Farm[60] | RES | 35.08°S 139.20°E | 176 | Expected Mid 2021 | Proposed | Pallamana northwest of Murray Bridge. Received planning consent 23 July 2019.[61] |
WA | Asian Renewable Energy Hub[62] | Macquarie Group, CWP Energy Asia, Intercontinental Energy, Vestas[49] | 20°S 121°E | up to 3.5GW[49] | Possibly 2026[62] | Proposed | Undersea cable to southeast Asia and local mining industry intended as customers. Combined with wind farm. |
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