Free data · source: AEMO · 7 archived snapshots · Jul 17, 2013 to Jul 23, 2026
What actually got built, and what closed.
Every registration list we capture is kept, so the list stops being a snapshot of today and starts being a record of change. This compares the oldest archived capture of the Australian National Electricity Market against the newest.
Biggest gain: Wind, +12.5 GW. Biggest fall: Black Coal, -3.7 GW. Fuel types with no registered capacity in 2013 and some today: Solar Battery Storage Ethane Bagasse and Diesel Sewerage / Waste Water Biogas - Sludge .
Capacity by fuel
Registered nameplate capacity, not energy generated: a battery and a coal unit of the same rating count the same here, though they run very differently.
| Fuel | Jul 17, 2013 (GW) | Jul 23, 2026 (GW) | Change (GW) | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Solar | 0.0 | 14.9 | +14.9 | new |
| Wind | 2.8 | 15.3 | +12.5 | +450% |
| Battery Storage | 0.0 | 12.2 | +12.2 | new |
| Natural Gas / Diesel | 0.2 | 1.0 | +0.8 | +437% |
| Natural Gas | 7.8 | 8.6 | +0.8 | +10% |
| Water | 7.8 | 8.1 | +0.3 | +4% |
| Waste Coal Mine Gas | 0.0 | 0.3 | +0.2 | +512% |
| Diesel | 0.4 | 0.6 | +0.2 | +41% |
| Ethane | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | new |
| Bagasse and Diesel | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | new |
| Sewerage / Waste Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | new |
| Biogas - Sludge | 0.0 | 0.0 | +0.0 | new |
| Macadamia Nut Shells | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | gone |
| Sewerage/Waste Water | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | gone |
| Landfill Methane / Landfill Gas | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.0 | no change |
| Kerosene | 0.5 | 0.4 | -0.1 | -11% |
| Bagasse | 0.4 | 0.3 | -0.1 | -19% |
| Unspecified | 0.2 | 0.1 | -0.1 | -66% |
| Coal Tailings | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | gone |
| Coal Seam Methane | 1.3 | 1.1 | -0.2 | -15% |
| Natural Gas / Fuel Oil | 1.3 | 0.6 | -0.7 | -53% |
| Brown Coal | 7.4 | 4.7 | -2.7 | -37% |
| Black Coal | 20.2 | 16.4 | -3.7 | -19% |
The archive
One row per captured snapshot. Each is kept in full, with the original file it came from, so these numbers can be recomputed — or computed differently — without going back to the source.
| Captured | Registered units | Capacity (GW) | Relative scale |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 17, 2013 | 357 | 50.6 | |
| Aug 13, 2013 | 359 | 50.6 | |
| Aug 7, 2014 | 371 | 49.8 | |
| Oct 17, 2014 | 367 | 48.9 | |
| Jun 24, 2016 | 382 | 49.6 | |
| May 24, 2018 | 412 | 50.9 | |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 572 | 84.7 |
Source: AEMO, latest capture July 23, 2026. See the current Australian list, or the United States.
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