(1) There are 62 power stations (of 1 MW capacity or above) currently operating in NSW. There are a myriad of smaller generation facilities including solar panels installed on school rooftops across the State.
(2) The locations of these 62 power stations are detailed in the attached table.
(3) Details on original approvals for many power stations are included in the table provided. Details on some facilities however reside with various Councils and former agencies and this information is no longer kept by the Department of Energy, Utilities and Sustainability.
(4) The year of commissioning for each power station is detailed in the table provided.
| NSW Power Stations |
|
Power station
|
Location
|
Year of approval
|
Government in power |
Year of commissioning
|
Owner
|
Capacity (MW)
|
Type of plant
|
|
Snowy (Blowering, Guthega, Murray 1& 2, Tumut 1, 2& 3)
|
Blowering Dam
|
commenced construction in 1949
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1959 to 1973
|
Snowy Hydro Limited
|
3676
|
Hydro
|
|
Bayswater
|
Hunter Valley
|
DA approved 22 September 1980
|
ALP in 1976-1988
|
1982 1983 1984
|
Macquarie Generation
|
2640
|
Steam⁄Coal
|
|
Eraring
|
on Lake Macquarie
|
construction commenced 1977
|
ALP in 1976-1988
|
1982 1983 1984
|
Eraring Energy
|
2640
|
Steam⁄Coal
|
|
Liddell
|
Hunter Valley
|
under construciton in 1966
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1971 1972 1973
|
Macquarie Generation
|
2000
|
Steam⁄Coal
|
|
Mt Piper
|
Lithgow
|
DA approved 1 April 1982
|
ALP in 1976-1988
|
1992 1993
|
Delta Electricity
|
1320
|
Steam⁄Coal
|
|
Vales Point B
|
Central Coast
|
foundations laid 1960
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1978
|
Delta Electricity
|
1320
|
Steam⁄Coal
|
|
Wallerawang C
|
Lithgow
|
work commenced 1970
|
LIB in 1965-1976
|
1976 1980
|
Delta Electricity
|
1000
|
Steam⁄Coal
|
|
Munmorah
|
Central Coast
|
Publicly announced 1961
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1969
|
Delta Electricity
|
600
|
Steam⁄Coal
|
|
Shoalhaven (Bendeela & Kangaroo Valley)
|
Bendeela and Kangaroo Valley power stations
|
Construction commenced 1972
|
LIB in 1965-1976
|
1977
|
Eraring Energy
|
240
|
Hydro
|
|
Smithfield Energy Facility
|
Smithfield
|
DA approved 15 November 1994
|
LIB in 1988-1995
|
1997
|
Sithe Australia Power
|
160
|
Natural gas cogeneration
|
|
Redbank
|
Singleton
|
DA approved by Singleton Council on 23 March 1994
|
LIB in 1988-1995
|
2001
|
Redbank Project Pty Ltd
|
150
|
Steam⁄Washery Waste
|
|
BlueScope Steel Port Kembla
|
Port Kembla Steelworks
|
1928-1992
|
BlueScope Steel
|
61.75
|
Waste Gas Cogeneration
|
|
Appin Mine
|
Appin Mine
|
1996
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
55.6
|
Coal seam methane
|
|
Broken Hill
|
Broken Hill Gas Turbine Station
|
commissioned in 1965
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1965
|
Eraring Energy
|
50
|
Gas turbine⁄oil
|
|
Hunter Valley
|
Near Liddell Power Station
|
1988
|
Macquarie Generation
|
50
|
Gas turbine⁄oil
|
|
Warragamba
|
65km west of Sydney
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1959
|
Eraring Energy
|
50
|
Hydro
|
|
Tower Mine
|
Tower Mine
|
1996
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
41.2
|
Coal seam methane
|
|
Hume
|
Hume Power Station
|
1957
|
Eraring Energy
|
29
|
Hydro
|
|
Burrinjuck
|
Burrinjuck Dam
|
Station upgrade approved 1999
|
ALP in 1995-present
|
1938, 2002
|
Eraring Energy
|
26.8
|
Hydro
|
|
Copeton
|
Copeton Dam near Inverell
|
1995
|
Meridian Energy Australia Pty Ltd
|
24
|
Hydro
|
|
Visy Paper
|
Tumut
|
2001
|
Visy Paper
|
20
|
Wood waste ⁄ black liquor
|
|
Wyangala Dam
|
Cowra - Lachlan River
|
1992
|
Country Energy⁄Hydro Power
|
18
|
Hydro
|
|
Burrendong
|
Burrendong Dam near Dubbo
|
1996
|
Meridian Energy Australia Pty Ltd
|
14.5
|
Hydro
|
|
Lucas Heights 2
|
Lucas Heights Rubbish Depot
|
1998
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
12.7
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
Wilga Park Power Station
|
Narrabri
|
2004
|
Narrabri Power Limited
|
12
|
Natural Gas
|
|
Shell - Clyde
|
Clyde
|
1968-1995
|
Shell Refining
|
11.6
|
Waste Gas Cogeneration
|
|
Blayney Wind Farm
|
Blayney
|
2000
|
Eraring Energy
|
9.9
|
Wind
|
|
Teralba Power Station
|
Xstrata's Teralba Colliery
|
2004
|
Country Energy
|
8
|
Coal seam methane
|
|
Broadwater Sugar Mill
|
Broadwater- North Coast
|
1996
|
NSW Sugar Milling Cooperative
|
8
|
Bagasse Cogeneration
|
|
Caltex Refinery
|
Kurnell
|
1955
|
Caltex
|
7
|
Waste Gas Cogeneration
|
|
Williams Dam
|
Williams River, Hunter
|
Privately owned
|
7
|
Hydro
|
|
Pindari Dam
|
Pindari Dam, near Inverell
|
2001
|
Energex Retail
|
6.7
|
Hydro
|
|
Wyuna Water
|
Kembla Grange - Illawarra - Avon Dam Pipeline
|
1996
|
Integral Energy
|
6.4
|
Hydro
|
|
Paperlinx Shoalhaven
|
Bomaderry, Shoalhaven
|
1962
|
Paperlinx
|
6
|
Black Coal Cogeneration
|
|
Visy Paper
|
Smithfield
|
1988
|
Visy Paper
|
6
|
Natural Gas Cogeneration
|
|
Keepit
|
Keepit Dam
|
Built by Water Resources and Irrigation Commission in late 1950s
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1960
|
Eraring Energy
|
6
|
Hydro
|
|
Glenbawn
|
Glenbawn (Scone)
|
1995
|
Meridian Energy Australia Pty Ltd
|
5.8
|
Hydro
|
|
Eastern Creek
|
Eastern Creek
|
2002
|
Ergon Energy Pty Ltd
|
5.4
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
Lucas Heights 1
|
Lucas Heights Rubbish Depot
|
1994
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
5.2
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
Tahmoor
|
Tahmoor Colliery
|
2000
|
Envirogen
|
5
|
Coal seam methane
|
|
Qenos
|
Botany
|
1966
|
Qenos
|
5
|
Black Coal Cogeneration
|
|
Crookwell Wind Farm
|
Crookwell
|
announced and commenced construction 1997
|
ALP in 1995-present
|
1998
|
Country Energy
|
4.8
|
Wind
|
|
Nymboida
|
near Grafton
|
1929 1935 1972
|
Country Energy
|
4.7
|
Hydro
|
|
Lucas Heights 2 Stage 2 (not on map)
|
Lucas Heights Rubbish Depot
|
2004
|
Country Energy
|
4.6
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
Harwood Sugar Mill
|
Harwood
|
1964 -1982
|
NSW Sugar Milling Cooperative
|
4.5
|
Bagasse Cogeneration
|
|
Oakey River
|
Oakey River Gorge, near Armidale
|
1956
|
Country Energy
|
4.5
|
Hydro
|
|
Brown Mountain
|
Brown Mountain
|
originally developed by Bega Valley County Council in 1943
|
ALP in 1941-1965
|
1943, 1953, 1957
|
Eraring Energy
|
4
|
Hydro
|
|
EarthPower Biomass Plant
|
Camelia, near Parramatta
|
2003
|
Country Energy
|
3.9
|
Biomass
|
|
Liddell⁄Bayswater micro hydro
|
Hunter Valley
|
2001
|
Macquarie Generation
|
3.4
|
Hydro pipeline
|
|
Condong Sugar Mill
|
Condong-North Coast
|
1981
|
NSW Sugar Milling Cooperative
|
3
|
Bagasse Cogeneration
|
|
Malabar STP
|
Malabar
|
1999
|
Sydney Water
|
3
|
Methane from Sewage Cogeneration
|
|
Belrose
|
Belrose Rubbish Depot
|
1995
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
2.1
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
The Drop ⁄ Mulwala
|
Junction of Mulwala and Berrigan Canals
|
2002
|
Pacific Hydro
|
2
|
Hydro
|
|
Macquarie University
|
North Ryde
|
2001
|
Macquarie University
|
1.5
|
Natural Gas Cogeneration
|
|
Jacks Gully
|
Jacks Gully
|
2001
|
Ergon Energy Pty Ltd
|
1.35
|
Green waste gasification
|
|
Whytes Gully
|
Whytes Gully Rubbish Depot
|
2000
|
Ergon Energy Pty Ltd
|
1.35
|
Green waste gasification
|
|
Hampton Wind farm
|
Hampton
|
2001
|
Hampton Wind Park Company
|
1.3
|
Wind
|
|
Stadium Australia
|
Homebush
|
1999
|
Stadium Australia
|
1
|
Natural Gas Cogeneration
|
|
Unversity of Western Sydney
|
University of Western Sydney Parramatta
|
1997
|
AGL Electricity Limited
|
1
|
Cogeneration
|
|
Belconnen
|
Belconnen
|
1999
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
1
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
Jerrabomberra
|
Jerrabomberra
|
1999
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
1
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
Mugga Lane
|
Mugga Lane
|
1999
|
EDL Group Operations Pty Ltd
|
1
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
West Nowra
|
West Nowra Landfill Gas Power generation
|
2001
|
AGL Electricity Ltd
|
1
|
Landfill Gas
|
|
Broken Hill
|
Broken Hill
|
2000
|
Australian Inland Energy
|
1
|
Solar PV
|