List of power stations in South Australia

Pelican Point Power Station

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.

Coal fired

These fossil fuel power stations burn coal to power steam turbines that generate some or all of the electricity they produce.

Power station	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Coal Type	Conveyance	Mine type	Cooling Water
Northern	520	2	black (sub-bituminous)	rail	open cut	sea
Playford B	240	4	black (sub-bituminous)	rail	open cut	sea

Gas turbine

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

Power station	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Fuel type	Combined cycle
Coopers Brewer (Regency Park)	4.4	1	natural gas	yes
Dry Creek	156	3	natural gas	no
Hallett	180	12	natural gas/diesel	no
Ladbroke Grove	80	2	natural gas	no
Mintaro	90	1	natural gas	no
Osborne	180	2	natural gas	yes
Port Lincoln	50	2	diesel	no
Quarantine	210	5	natural gas	no
Pelican Point	487	3	natural gas	yes
Snuggery	63	3	diesel	no

Gas (thermal)

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

Power station	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Fuel type
Torrens Island	1,280	8	natural gas
Whyalla Steelworks Power and Services		3	Coke Ovens and Blast Furnace Gas/Oil

Gas (reciprocating)

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

Power station	Capacity (MW)	Engines	Fuel type
Angaston	50	30	diesel
Lonsdale	20	18	diesel
Port Stanvac	65	36	diesel

Hydroelectric

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

Power station	Capacity (MW)	Turbines	Pumped storage
Terminal Storage Mini Hydro	1.9	1	no

Wind farms

Main article: List of wind farms in South Australia

References

External links

Energy in South Australia

Proposed power stations	Arckaringa Kingston

Coal	Northern Playford B

Gas	Dry Creek Hallett Osborne Pelican Point Quarantine Torrens Island

Solar	Coober Pedy Solar Power Station Solar Systems, Umuwa

Wind	Canunda Cathedral Rocks Hallett Lake Bonney Mt Millar Snowtown Starfish Hill Waterloo Wattle Point List of wind farms in SA

Companies	Adelaide Electric Supply Company ElectraNet Electricity Trust of South Australia SAGASCO SA Power Networks Santos

Other	Australian Energy Market Operator Electricity Supply Industry Planning Council Essential Services Commission of South Australia

List of power stations in South Australia

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