List of proposed power stations in Australia

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.

Fossil fuelled

State	Project name	Sponsoring company	Coordinates	Capacity in MW	Status	Notes
SA	Kingston[1]	Hybrid Energy	36.8°S 139.8°E / -36.8; 139.8 (Check)	300	Cancelled[2]	Brown coal
SA	Arckaringa	Altona Resources	27.5°S 135.5°E / -27.5; 135.5 (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 / -27.60; 152.86 (estimate)	151	Cancelled[6]	Coal tailings-fired power station
SA	Reeves Plains[7]	Alinta Energy	34.504°S 138.611°E / -34.504; 138.611	300	Approved	To be supplied from Moomba-Adelaide gas pipeline
QLD	ZeroGen	Government of Queensland[8]	23.37°S 150.51°E / -23.37; 150.51 (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 / -25.446; 150.007 (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 / -29.949; 115.213 (estimate)[15]	450	Rejected[16]	Fuel is sub-bituminous coal.
VIC	Shaw River[17]	Santos	38.184°S 142.111°E / -38.184; 142.111 (estimate)	1500	Abandoned[18]	Gas
VIC	Tarrone [19]	AGL	38.181°S 142.180°E / -38.181; 142.180	920	On hold[20]	Gas peaking
SA	Quarantine Power Station Expansion	Origin Energy		160/180	Proposed	Includes an LPG import/storage terminal

Nuclear

State	Project name	Sponsoring company	Coordinates	Capacity in MW	Commissioning date	Status	Notes
JBT	Jervis Bay Nuclear Power Plant	EnergyAustralia	35.133841°S 150.757424°E / -35.133841; 150.757424[21]	500	1969-71	Cancelled

Hydro

State	Project name	Sponsoring company	Coordinates	Capacity in MW	Commissioning date	Status	Notes
QLD	Burdekin Hydro	Stanwell Corporation	20.6435°S 147.138°E / -20.6435; 147.138	37		Proposed	[22]
QLD	Kidston Pumped Hydro (using former Kidston Gold Mine)	Genex Power	19.0833°S 144.124°E / -19.0833; 144.124	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 / -32.59; 137.73 (Cultana)[25]	225	Proposed for 2023	Proposed, pending investment decision	Using seawater[26]
SA	Highbury Pumped Hydro	Tilt Renewables	34.85°S 138.74°E / -34.85; 138.74 (Highbury)	300		Cancelled[27]	Using a former quarry[28]
SA	Baroota pumped hydro	Rise Renewables	32.92°S 138.06°E / -32.92; 138.06 (Baroota)	200–270		Proposed	Baroota Reservoir 40 km northeast of Port Pirie[29]
SA	Middleback Pumped Hydro	GFG Alliance	33.25°S 137.11°E / -33.25; 137.11 (Middleback)	1000		Proposed	Iron Duchess mine[30]
SA	Kanmantoo mine	AGL Energy	35.09°S 139.01°E / -35.09; 139.01 (Kanmantoo)	250	Plans dropped in February 2020	Cancelled[31]	[32][33]

Biomass

State	Project name	Sponsoring company	Coordinates	Capacity in MW	Commissioning date	Status	Notes
TAS	Bell Bay Pulp Mill[34]	Gunns	41.155°S 146.92°E / -41.155; 146.92	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]

Landfill gas

State	Project name	Sponsoring company	Coordinates	Capacity in MW	Commissioning date	Status	Notes
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

Wind

State	Project name	Sponsoring company	Coordinates	Capacity in MW	Commissioning date	Status	Notes
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 / -22.657; 149.404	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 / -40.724; 145.261	40		Proposed	13 turbines.[40]
QLD	Forest Wind	CleanSight and Siemens Financial Services	25.776°S 152.795°E / -25.776; 152.795	1200		Proposed	[41][42][43]
QLD	Forsayth Wind Farm	Infigen Energy	18.499°S 143.592°E / -18.499; 143.592	75		Proposed	[44]
QLD	High Road Wind Farm	RATCH-Australia	17.60°S 145.47°E / -17.60; 145.47	80		Proposed	[45]
QLD	Kaban Green Power Hub	Neoen	17.56°S 145.40°E / -17.56; 145.40	130		Proposed	100MW of battery storage[46]
QLD	Lakeland Wind Farm	Windlab	15.8°S 144.8°E / -15.8; 144.8	100		Proposed
QLD	Archer Point Wind Farm	Wind Power Queensland	15.8°S 144.8°E / -15.8; 144.8	240		Proposed
TAS	Robbins Island Wind Farm[47]	UPC Renewables	40.685°S 144.926°E / -40.685; 144.926	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 / -20; 121 (Asian Renewable Energy Park)	2600	2028 (first exports)[50]	Proposed; environmental approval	Solar/wind to create green hydrogen, ammonia[48][51]

Solar

State	Project name	Sponsoring company	Coordinates	Capacity in MW	Commissioning date	Status	Notes
QLD	Clarke Creek Wind and Solar Farm	Lacour Energy	22.657°S 149.404°E / -22.657; 149.404	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 / -27.996; 150.855	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 / -25.87; 152.46	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 / -32.5899; 148.8305	170		Proposed
NSW	Darlington Point	Edify Energy	34.673°S 146.027°E / -34.673; 146.027	300		Under construction
NT	Australia-Asia Power Link	Sun Cable		6000		Proposed
SA	Cultana Solar Farm	Simec Energy Australia	32.95°S 137.59°E / -32.95; 137.59	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 / -33.19; 138.09	280	Expected 2025[58]	Proposed	East of Port Pirie[59]
SA	Pallamana Solar Farm[60]	RES	35.08°S 139.20°E / -35.08; 139.20 (Pallamana)	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 / -20; 121 (Asian Renewable Energy Park)	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.

See also

• Wind power in Australia
• Solar power in Australia
• Coal mining in Australia
• Nuclear power in Australia
• Energy policy of Australia
• Effects of global warming on Australia
• List of power stations in Australia

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