Electricity generation from gas

A number of Queensland power stations generate electricity using natural gas as fuel.

Queensland's current gas-fired generators include those listed below. The figure in megawatts (MW) is their nameplate capacity.

  • Barcaldine Power Station – a 37MW gas-fired generator located at Barcaldine
  • Braemar Power Station – a 564MW gas-fired generator west of Dalby
  • Braemar 2 Power Station – a 519MW gas-fired generator located west of Dalby
  • Condamine Power Station – a 144MW gas-fired generator at Miles
  • Darling Downs Power Station – a 644MW gas-fired generator located west of Dalby
  • Oakey Power Station – a 346MW gas-fired generator located in Oakey
  • Roma Power Station – a 80MW gas-fired generator located at Roma
  • Swanbank E – a 385MW gas-fired generator located south-west of Brisbane
  • Townsville Power Station – a 244MW gas-fired generator at Yabulu, north of Townsville
  • Yarwun Power Station – a 180MW gas-fired generator located 10km north-west of Gladstone

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