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Electricity generation

Research desk on Australian electricity generation: solar, wind, coal, gas and hydro sites, owners and closures, measured against AEMO registry data.

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Engraving of a coal-fired power station: boiler house, turbine hall, two hyperbolic cooling towers, tall chimney stacks and a covered coal conveyor running in from a stockpile
Engraving of a coal-fired power station: boiler house, turbine hall, two hyperbolic cooling towers, tall chimney stacks and a covered coal conveyor running in from a stockpile

Coal-fired power stations in Australia: AEMO July 2026

Eraring in New South Wales is the largest NEM coal station at 2,880 MW and its owner expects to close it in 2029. All 15 coal stations in AEMO's 31 July 2026 release, 21,335 MW, are operating.


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Engraving of a concrete hydroelectric dam with its spillway and penstocks running down to a power station, with wind turbines on the far hills and a solar array on the valley floor

Renewable energy companies in Australia: AEMO July 2026

Snowy Hydro Ltd owns the most in-service renewable capacity in AEMO's 31 July 2026 NEM Generation Information release, 3,821.5 MW of conventional hydro.


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Engraving of an utility-scale solar farm with rows of single-axis tracking panels, an inverter skid and a substation

Largest solar farms in Australia: AEMO July 2026

Wellington North Solar Farm (436.8 MW AC) is the largest solar farm AEMO classes as in service. Greater Geelong Energy Hub - KCI (2,000 MW AC) leads on reported nameplate capacity but is only publicly announced.


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Engraving of an exploded view of a modern three-blade wind turbine: the nacelle opened to show gearbox, generator, main shaft and yaw drive, the hub and blade roots separated, the top of the tubular tower below

Largest wind farms in Australia: AEMO July 2026

Seaspray Off Shore Wind Farm in Victoria is the largest wind entry by reported nameplate capacity (MW AC), at 3,000 MW, and it is publicly announced. Golden Plains Wind Farm East in Victoria is the largest wind farm in service, at 756.4 MW.


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Engraving of a row of modern wind turbines along rolling ridgelines, with an access track, a collector substation and high-voltage transmission towers leading away across the land

Wind farms in Australia by state: AEMO July 2026

Victoria operates the most NEM wind capacity, 5,480.9 MW in service (AEMO, 31 July 2026).


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