Energy in the Australian Capital Territory

Electricity consumed in the Australian Capital Territory mainly comes from the national power grid through substations at Holt and Fyshwick (via Queanbeyan).

[4] It announced in February 2015 that three wind farms in Victoria and South Australia would supply 200 megawatts of capacity; these are expected to be operational by 2017.

[19][20] In addition numerous houses in Canberra have photovoltaic panels and/or solar hot water systems.

Note that the power produced by retail supported systems was only included if it was fed back into the grid.

[22][23] This was built as a coal-fired thermal power station, but an additional oil fired-generator was also installed at the same site in the post-war period.

Some limited local renewable power is produced via a hydro generator on the main water supply pipeline for Canberra at Mount Stromlo and methane plants at waste landfill sites at Belconnen and Mugga Lane.

[24][25] There are currently no wind-power generators in Canberra, but several have been built in nearby New South Wales, such as the 140.7 megawatt Capital Wind Farm.