Adelaide Desalination Plant (ADVMH1)

Hydro · South Australian Water Corporation · Hydro - Run of River

Dispatch stats Financials
Operational AEMO: In Service SA1 Hydro - Water NEM data · 7 days
1 MW
Registered nameplate capacity
Est. SRMC
$1.00/MWh
Key information
Capacity
1 MW

AEMO status In Service
Project status Operational (AI)

Region SA1
Coordinates —

DUID ADVMH1
Owner South Australian Water Corporation
Commissioned Nov 2022
Expected closure 2050
Closure date —
Technology Hydro - Run of River
Fuel Hydro - Water
Turbine OEM —
Turbine type / model —
Stats window
08 Jun 2026 04:20 → 15 Jun 2026 04:20 AEST

Dispatch & revenue

08 Jun 2026 04:20 → 15 Jun 2026 04:20 AEST

No dispatch data for DUID ADVMH1 in this period.

Financial overview

2026 real AUD. Monetary values are CPI-adjusted to 2026 real Australian dollars. Greenfield capex uses AEMO benchmarks when plant-specific cost is unknown.
Type
Hydro
Capacity
1 MW
Revenue (× MLF) (stats)
See dispatch stats link above
Est. SRMC
$1.00/MWh
Capex total (greenfield)
$2,904.46M

Shown in table
$2,904.46M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1,824.00M (2008 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
BOM contextual information repeats the full project cost as $1.824 billion.

Reference
NWA 2012 : Adelaide : Contextual information : Water overview (medium confidence)
Source recorded 06 Jun 2026
Capex refurbishment
—
Capex / MW derived
$2,904,458,599

Shown in table
$2,904.46M (2026 real AUD)

Reported / source value
$1,824.00M (2008 nominal)
Adjusted to 2026 real AUD using Australian CPI (All Groups).

How this was derived
Per-MW figure is calculated from the reported total cost and the user-supplied 1 MW capacity.

Reference
South Australian Water Corporation Annual Report 2011–12 (high confidence)
Source recorded 06 Jun 2026
Fixed OPEX (annual)
—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default
$40,000

Shown in table
$40.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh default
$1.00

Shown in table
$1.00 (2026 real AUD)
Fuel cost / GJ
—
Heat rate GJ/MWh
—

Confidence: high · Status: ai estimated · Capex basis: reported · AI checked 06 Jun 2026

Notes
Plant-specific greenfield capital cost sourced from SA Water annual report and corroborated by project sources. The reported approved project cost was $1.824 billion nominal for the Adelaide Desalination Project/Plant; capacity here is 1 MW per provided NEM registration, so capex per MW is mathematically equal to total cost. No reliable plant-specific O&M benchmark was found in the searched sources for this unit; values left null rather than substituting generic hydro benchmarks.

Sources