List of natural gas power stations
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The following page lists all power stations that run on natural gas
, a non-renewable
resource. Stations that are only at a proposed stage or decommissioned, and power stations that are smaller than in nameplate capacity, are not included in this list.
Natural gas
Natural gas is a naturally occurring gas mixture consisting primarily of methane, typically with 0–20% higher hydrocarbons . It is found associated with other hydrocarbon fuel, in coal beds, as methane clathrates, and is an important fuel source and a major feedstock for fertilizers.Most natural...
, a non-renewable
Non-renewable resource
A non-renewable resource is a natural resource which cannot be produced, grown, generated, or used on a scale which can sustain its consumption rate, once depleted there is no more available for future needs. Also considered non-renewable are resources that are consumed much faster than nature...
resource. Stations that are only at a proposed stage or decommissioned, and power stations that are smaller than in nameplate capacity, are not included in this list.
Natural gas power stations
| Station | Country | Location Geographic coordinate system A geographic coordinate system is a coordinate system that enables every location on the Earth to be specified by a set of numbers. The coordinates are often chosen such that one of the numbers represent vertical position, and two or three of the numbers represent horizontal position... | Capacity (MW) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Anegasaki Power Station Anegasaki Power Station is a large power station in Ichihara, Chiba, Japan. The facility operates with an installed capacity of 3,600 MW. Power is generated by six turbines rated at 600 MW... |
 Japan |
35°29′06"N 140°01′00"E | 3,600 | |
| Banshan Power Station |  Mainland China |
30°21′41"N 120°08′22"E | 1,170 | |
| Barcaldine Power Station |  Australia |
23°33′09"S 145°18′51"E | 55 | |
| Bell Bay Power Station | Australia |
41°08′31"S 146°54′09"E | 345 | |
| Black Point Power Station Black Point Power Station Black Point Power Station is a gas fired power station in Hong Kong, near to Castle Peak Power Station, another power station serving China Light and Power.... |
 Hong Kong, China |
22°24′44.84"N 113°54′35.48"E | 2,500 | |
| Braemar Power Station | Australia |
27°06′39.47"S 150°54′18.78"E | 504 | |
| Braila Power Station Braila Power Station The Brăila Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Brăila, having 7 generation groups, 2 of 3 MW, 1 of 210 MW, 2 of 25 MW, 1 of 50 MW and 1 of 330 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 856 MW. The power plant also has another 210 MW unit but it is... |
 Kingdom of Romania |
960 | ||
| Brazi Power Station Brazi Power Station The Petrom Brazi Power Station will be one of the largest electricity producers in Romania, having 2 natural gas-fired groups of 430 MW each totalling an installed capacity of 860 MW and an electricity generation capacity of around 6 TWh/year.... |
Kingdom of Romania |
860 | ||
| Brestanica Power Station |  Slovenia |
115 | ||
| Bucharest South Power Station Bucharest South Power Station The Bucharest South Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Bucharest, having 2 generation groups of 50 MW each, 2 units of 100 MW and 2 units of 125 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 550 MW.... |
Kingdom of Romania |
44°24′21"N 26°09′20"E | 550 | |
| Chiba Power Station | Japan |
35°33′57"N 140°06′20"E | 2,880 | |
| Chita Power Station Chita Power Station is a large gas-fired power station in Chita, Aichi, Japan. The station currently operates with an installed capacity of 3,966 MW. The facility is owned by Chubu Electric Power, and is fuelled by natural gas.- See also :... |
Japan |
34°59′12"N 136°50′37"E | 3,966 | |
| Chita Daini Power Station | Japan |
1,708 | ||
| Cockburn Power Station | Australia |
240 | ||
| Colongra Power Station Colongra Power Station Colongra Gas Generation Plant is a 667MW gas-fired power station located in Colongra, New South Wales, Australia and is the largest gas-fired power station in New South Wales which will be used during peak loads in New South Wales.The plant's construction was tendered to Alstom which began the... |
Australia |
33°12′38"S 151°32′33"E | 667 | |
| Condamine Power Station | Australia |
26°39′49"S 150°15′53"E | 87 | |
| Connaught Bridge Power Station Connaught Bridge Power Station Connaught Bridge Power Station is a power station in Klang Valley located near Connaught Bridge in Klang, Selangor. It is the oldest power station in Malaysia.... |
 Malaysia |
03°02′37"N 101°28′07"E | 895 | |
| Craiova II Power Station Craiova II Power Station The Craiova II Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Craiova, having 2 generation groups of 150 MW each having a total electricity generation capacity of 300 MW.... |
Kingdom of Romania |
300 | ||
| Dazhou | Mainland China |
1,400 | ||
| Futtsu Power Station Futtsu Power Station The Futtsu Power Station is the second largest gas-fired power station in the world, located in Futtsu, Japan. The power station operates at by utilizing five units, of which two are and in size, and one is . All five units run on LNG, a form of natural gas. The facility is owned by Tepco.... |
Japan |
35°20′35"N 139°50′02"E | 3,520 | |
| Goi Power Station | Japan |
1,886 | ||
| Hai-Fu Power Station |  Republic of China |
980 | ||
| Hengmen Power Station | Mainland China |
22°34′10"N 113°34′30"E | 780 | |
| Higashi-Ohgishima Power Station | Japan |
2,000 | ||
| Himeji Power Station | Japan |
3,992 | ||
| Huizhou LNG Power Station | Mainland China |
22°45′34"N 114°36′53"E | 1,050 | |
| Huntly Power Station Huntly power station The Huntly Power Station is the largest thermal power station in New Zealand and is located in the town of Huntly in the Waikato. It is operated by Genesis Power, a state-owned enterprise, and supplies around 17% of the country's power.-Generation:... |
 New Zealand |
37°32′38"S 175°9′10"E | 1,435 | |
| Jebel Ali Power and Desalination Plant |  United Arab Emirates |
25°03′35"N 55°07′02"E | 5,163 | |
| Jeeralang Power Station | Australia |
37°49′22"S 146°24′14"E | 449 | |
| Jiangyou Power Station | Mainland China |
31°48′17"N 104°46′10"E | 700 | |
| Jinjiang LNG Power Station | Mainland China |
24°33′48"N 118°38′37"E | 1,400 | |
| Jinling Power Station | Mainland China |
32°10′18"N 119°01′07"E | 780 | |
| Kawagoe Power Station Kawagoe Power Station is a large gas-fired power station in Kawagoe, Mie, Japan. The facility operates at an installed capacity of 4,802 MW, making it the largest power station of its kind.- See also :* List of largest power stations in the world* List of power stations in Japan... |
Japan |
35°00′25"N 136°41′20"E | 4,802 | |
| Kirishi Power Station |  Russia |
59°29′9"N 32°2′56"E | 2,600 | |
| Kostromskaya Power Station | Russia |
57°27′34"N 41°10′30"E | 3,600 | |
| Kuchurgan Power Station Kuchurgan power station Kuchurgan power station is the largest power station of Moldova, located in Dnestrovsc, Transnistria, on the shores of Lake Cuciurgani bordering Ukraine. It was commissioned on 26 September 1964.-Technical features:... |
 Moldova |
46°38′3"N 29°56′20"E | 2,520 | |
| Lake Side Power Plant Lake Side Power Plant Lake Side Power Station is a natural gas turbine power station at Vineyard, Utah, USA. It was built by Lake Side Power LLC. with Siemens Westinghouse Power Corporation and is operated by PacifiCorp which does business in Utah as Rocky Mountain Power.... |
 United States |
40°19′52"N 111°45′20"W | 545 | |
| Laverton North Power Station | Australia |
37°50′28"S 144°47′20"E | 320 | |
| Lingang LNG Power Station | Mainland China |
1,400 | ||
| Ludus-Iernut Power Station Ludus-Iernut Power Station The Luduş-Iernut Power Station is a large thermal power plant located in Iernut, Mureş County having 6 generation groups, 4 of 100 MW and 2 groups of 200 MW having a total electricity generation capacity of 800 MW.... |
Kingdom of Romania |
800 | ||
| Medway Power Station Medway Power Station Medway Power Station is a 688 megawatts gas-fired power station on the Isle of Grain in Medway next to the River Medway.- History :It is run by Scottish & Southern Energy under the name Medway Power Ltd. It was built by Marubeni , Tarmac and Kansas City-based Black & Veatch... |
 Kingdom of England |
51°26′24"N 00°41′24"E | 668 | |
| Mica Creek Power Station | Australia |
20°46′40"S 139°29′26"E | 325 | |
| Minami-Yokohama Power Station | Japan |
1,150 | ||
| Mungarra Power Station | Australia |
112 | ||
| Nanko Power Station | Japan |
1,800 | ||
| Navol GRES |  Uzbekistan |
1,250 | ||
| Nehuenco Power Plant Nehuenco Power Plant Nehuenco Power Plant or Nehuenco I or 1 is a natural gas electrical generating station in Quillota, Valparaíso Region, Chile. The plant uses both natural gas and diesel as fuel and produces 368 MW of electricity. The plant was built in 1999 and is run by Colbún S.A..... |
 Chile |
368 | ||
| Newport Power Station | Australia |
37°50′30"S 144°53′42"E | 500 | |
| Osborne Power Station | Australia |
34°47′56"S 138°29′28"E | 180 | |
| Otahuhu B Power Station Otahuhu Power Station The Otahuhu power station site holds two plants; Otahuhu A and Otahuhu B . The station is owned and operated by Contact Energy.- Otahuhu A :... |
36°57.072′S 174°51.923′E | 404 | ||
| Permskaya GRES | Russia |
58°30′00"N 56°20′20"E | 2,400 | |
| Pinjar Power Station | Australia |
31°33′29"S 115°49′05"E | 576 | |
| Putian LNG Power Station | Mainland China |
25°13′03"N 119°00′08"E | 1,560 | |
| Putrajaya Power Station | Malaysia |
02°57′56"N 101°41′05"E | 625 | |
| Qishuyan Power Station | Mainland China |
31°44′09"N 120°02′14"E | 1,140 | |
| Sakaiko Power Station | Japan |
2,000 | ||
| Seabank Power Station Seabank Power Station Seabank Power Station is a 1,145 MW gas-fired power station at Hallen Marsh in Bristol, England. It is situated beside the A403 road and Severn Estuary, just north of Avonmouth and south of Severn Beach, close to the boundary with South Gloucestershire... |
 United Kingdom |
51°32′24"N 02°40′08"W | 1,145 | |
| Shahid Montazer Ghaem Power Station |  Iran |
1,624 | ||
| Shahid Salimi Power Station | Iran |
2,214 | ||
| Shenzhen East Power Station | Mainland China |
22°34′30"N 114°26′32"E | 1,050 | |
| Shenzhen Qianwan Power Station | Mainland China |
22°30′29"N 113°50′58"E | 1,170 | |
| Shidongkou Power Station | Mainland China |
31°27′49"N 121°24′15"E | 1,050 | |
| Shinagawa Power Station | Japan |
1,140 | ||
| Shin-Nagoya Power Station | Japan |
2,992 | ||
| Sim Gideon Power Plant Sim Gideon Power Plant The Sim Gideon Power Plant is a natural gas fired power plant located near Bastrop, Texas in Bastrop County, Texas. It is owned and operated by the Lower Colorado River Authority... |
United States |
30°08′44"N 97°16′13"W | 620 | |
| Sodegaura Power Station Sodegaura Power Station The Sodegaura Power Station is a large gas-fired power station in Sodegaura, Japan. The facility generates power by utilizing one 600 MW and three 1,000 MW units, thus operating at an installed capacity of 3,600 MW, making it one of the largest power stations of its kind... |
Japan |
35°27′45"N 139°58′37"E | 3,600 | |
| Southdown Power Station Southdown Power Station Southdown Power Station is a natural gas-fired combined cycle gas turbine cogeneration power station in Southdown, a suburb in southern Auckland City, New Zealand... |
New Zealand |
36°55′39"S 174°49′38"E | 170 | |
| Stratford Power Station Stratford Power Station The Stratford Power Station is a 575 MW power station located east of Stratford, Taranaki, New Zealand. It comprises one combined cycle unit and two open cycle gas turbine units and is owned and operated by Contact Energy.- History :... |
New Zealand |
39°19′56"S 174°19′8"E | 570 | |
| Syrdarya Power Plant Syrdarya Power Plant Syrdarya Power Plant is a natural gas-fired power plant located in Shirin, Uzbekistan. Its ten units were commissioned in 1972–1981. The installed capacity of the power plant is 3,000 MW.... |
Uzbekistan |
40°13′41"N 69°6′2"E | 3,000 | |
| Sulige Natural Gas Power Station | Mainland China |
300 | ||
| Sultan Iskandar Power Station Sultan Iskandar Power Station Sultan Iskandar Power Station is a Malaysian gas turbine power station located in Pasir Gudang, Johor.-History:Construction of the plant began in 1977 and completed in 1980... |
Malaysia |
01°26′58"N 103°52′51"E | 729 | |
| Sultan Ismail Power Station Sultan Ismail Power Station The Sultan Ismail Power Station is the largest gas turbine power station in Malaysia, Located in Paka, Terengganu approximately 100 km from the state capital, Kuala Terengganu. It generates 1,136 MW.... |
Malaysia |
04°35′50"N 103°27′03"E | 729 | |
| Sultan Abdul Aziz Power Station Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Power Station Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Power Station is a major power station in the Klang Valley region of Peninsular Malaysia. This power station, which fires natural gas, bunker oil and coal, is located in Kapar, Selangor. It was opened in March 1987... |
Malaysia |
03°07′01"N 101°19′01"E | 2,420 | |
| Tanjung Kling Power Station Tanjung Kling Power Station The Tanjung Kling Power Station is one of the oldest power stations operating in Malaysia, located in Tanjung Kling, Melaka. The station is a thermal combined-cycle gas turbine plant.... |
Malaysia |
02°13′24"N 102°09′07"E | 330 | |
| Tashkent GRES | Uzbekistan |
1,860 | ||
| Toos Power Plant | Iran |
600 | ||
| Torrens Island Power Station | Australia |
34°48′24"S 138°31′24"E | 1,280 | |
| Tuanku Jaafar Power Station Tuanku Jaafar Power Station Tuanku Jaafar Power Station is one of the main power stations in Malaysia, located in Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan. The power station belongs to Tenaga Nasional Berhad and is a state-of-art combined cycle power plants comprise PD1 and PD2 .PD1 was on commercial loading in 2005 whereas PD2 started... |
Malaysia |
02°31′59"N 101°47′29"E | 1,500 | |
| Uranquinty Power Station Uranquinty Power Station The Uranquinty Power Station is a 640MW gas-fired power station located in Uranquinty, New South Wales, Australia and is the second largest gas-fired power station in New South Wales, which will be used during peak loads in New South Wales... |
Australia |
35°10′49"S 147°13′01"E | 640 | |
| Wangting Power Station | Mainland China |
31°26′40"N 120°26′14"E | 780 | |
| Xiamen Eastern LNG Power Station | Mainland China |
24°32′44"N 119°00′08"E | 780 | |
| Xiaoshan Power Station | Mainland China |
30°03′03"N 120°13′56"E | 780 | |
| Yizheng Natural Gas Power Station | Mainland China |
600 | ||
| Yokkaichi Power Station | Japan |
1,245 | ||
| Yokohama Power Station | Japan |
3,325 | ||
| Zhangjiagang Power Station | Mainland China |
31°53′13"N 120°35′48"E | 700 | |
| Zhenghai Power Station | Mainland China |
29°56′40"N 121°41′12"E | 700 | |
| Zhujiang Power Station | Mainland China |
22°48′51"N 113°34′04"E | 700 |