Thursday, August 13, 2026 Search My Trip EnglishChinese
World news · travel · culture
Taiwan The Taiwan Times
Taiwan's window to the world

Leichhardt Power Station

Queensland, Australia

The 2850th largest power station in the world

60 MW · Capacity

Leichhardt Power Station is a 60 MW open cycle gas turbine power station near Mount Isa in the Australian state of Queensland. The gas-fired power station was completed in 2014 and is capable of operating on diesel if gas is not available. It contains a single Rolls-Royce Trent 60 gas turbine. It is adjacent to the larger combined cycle Diamantina Power Station for which it provides backup. The power station was built under an engineering, procurement and construction contract by WSP Global. Mount Isa is not on the National Electricity Market, but does have piped natural gas from production in southern Queensland supplied via the Carpentaria Gas Pipeline. Both Diamantina and Leichhardt power stations are owned by APA Group. APA Group bought out its 50% equity partner AGL Energy on 31 March 2016 for A$151 million. It retained the long-term gas supply contract with AGL.

Power station data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

More power stations in Australia

  1. Western Green Energy Hub50 GW
  2. Loy Yang Power Station3.28 GW
  3. Eraring Power Station2.88 GW
  4. Bayswater Power Station2.64 GW
  5. Liddell Power Station2.05 GW

Other large power stations worldwide

  1. Bui Dam · Ghana1,440 GW
  2. Western Green Energy Hub · Australia50 GW
  3. Gujarat Hybrid Renewable Energy Park · India30 GW
  4. Three Gorges Dam · China22.5 GW
  5. Baihetan Dam · China16 GW
  6. Itaipu Dam · Paraguay14 GW
  7. Xiluodu Dam · China13.86 GW
  8. Belo Monte Dam · Brazil11 GW