Existing coal-fired power stations in Australia

In its 2007 report on Carbon Capture and Storage titled Between a Rock and a Hard Place the science of geosequestration, the House of Representatives Standing Committee on Science and Innovation listed current coal-fired power stations as being:

New South Wales coal-fired power stations

 * Bayswater power station is operated by Macquarie Generation. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1982 and 1984 and generates 2,640 megawatts.


 * Eraring power station is operated by Eraring Energy. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1982 and 1984 and generates 2,640 megawatts.


 * Liddell power station is operated by Macquarie Generation. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1971 and 1973 and generates 2,000 megawatts.


 * Mt Piper power station is operated by Delta Electricity. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1992-93 and generates 1,320 megawatts.


 * Munmorah power station is operated by Delta Electricity. It uses black coal, was commissioned in 1969 and generates 600 megawatts.


 * Redbank power station is operated by National Power. It uses black coal, was commissioned in 2001 and generates 150 megawatts.


 * Vales Point B power station is operated by Delta Electricity. It uses black coal, was commissioned in 1978 and generates 1,320 megawatts.


 * Wallerawang C power station is operated by Delta Electricity. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1976 and 1980 and generates 1,000 megawatts.

Victorian coal-fired power stations

 * Loy Yang A power station is operated by Loy Yang Power. It uses brown coal, was commissioned between 1984 and 1987 and generates 2,120 megawatts.


 * Hazelwood power station is owned by International Power Australia, a subsidiary of the UK headquartered International Power. It uses brown coal, was commissioned between 1964 and 1971 and generates 1,600 megawatts.


 * Yallourn W power station is operated by TRUenergy. It uses brown coal, was commissioned between 1973 and 1975 and expanded in 191-82 and generates 1,480 megawatts.


 * Loy Yang B power station is jointly owned by a consortium of International Power plc (70%) and Mitsui & Co. Ltd (30%) which trades as International Power Mitsui (IPM). . It uses brown coal, was commissioned between 1993 and 1996 and generates 1,000 megawatts.


 * Morwell power station is owned by Energy Brix Australia Corporation, a subsidiary of HRL Limited Group. . It uses brown coal, was commissioned in 1958-59 and then 1962 and generates 170 megawatts.


 * Anglesea power station is operated by Alcoa. It uses brown coal, was commissioned in 1969 and generates 160 megawatts.

Queensland power stations

 * Gladstone power station is operated by Comalco/NRG. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1976 and 1982 and generates 1,680 megawatts.


 * Tarong power station is operated by Tarong Energy. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1984-86 and generates 1,400 megawatts.


 * Stanwell power station is operated by Stanwell Corporation. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1993 and 1996 and generates 1,400 megawatts.


 * Callide power station is operated by CS Energy and is located 18 kilometres east of Biloela in central Queensland and comprises the Calldie A and B units and the Callide Power Plant, which is also referred to as the Callide C unit. Callide A was originally constructed in 1965, was refurbished and recommissioned in April 1998. It is now the site of the Callide Oxyfuel Project. The Callide B unit was commissioned in 1988 while the 900 MW supercritical Callide Power Plant was commissioned in 2001. The installed capacity of the three units is 1720 megawatts.


 * Millmerran power station is operated by Intergen. It uses black coal, was commissioned in 2002 and generates 852 megawatts.


 * Swanbank B power station is operated by CS Energy. It uses black coal, was commissioned between 1970 and 1973 and generates 500 megawatts.


 * Tarong North power station is operated by Tarong Energy. It uses black coal, was commissioned in 2002 and generates 443 megawatts.


 * Collinsville power station is operated by Transfield Services Infrastructure Fund. It uses black coal, was commissioned in 1998 and generates 188 megawatts.

Coal-fired power stations in South Australia

 * Northern power station is operated by Flinders Power, a subsidiary of Alinta Energy. It uses brown coal, was commissioned in 1985 and generates 540 megawatts. The sole supply of coal for the power station is supplied from the Leigh Creek mine.


 * Thomas Playford B power station is operated by Flinders Power, a subsidiary of Alinta Energy. It uses brown coal, was commissioned in 1963 and was refurbished in 2005. The station generates 240 megawatts. The sole supply of coal for the power station is supplied from the Leigh Creek mine.

Coal-fired power stations in Western Australia

 * Muja power station is operated by Verve Energy. It uses black coal, had units commissioned in 1965, 1981 and 1985-86. The current generation capacity of the station is 854 megawatts. (The four smallest and least efficient units, Stages A and B, were closed in April 2007.)


 * Collie power station is operated by Verve Energy. It uses black coal, had units commissioned in 1999 and generates 340 megawatts.


 * Verve Energy also operates the 660 megawatt Kwinana Power Station which can be fuelled by coal, gas or oil.

Related SourceWatch and coal

 * Australia and coal
 * New South Wales and coal
 * Existing coal-fired power stations in New South Wales
 * Existing coal-fired power stations in Queensland
 * Queensland and coal
 * Victoria and coal
 * Carbon Capture and Storage in Australia