Townsville Power Station (YABULU)

Gas Baseload · RATCH-Australia · Turbine - CCGT

Dispatch stats Financials

Operational AEMO: In Service QLD1 Fossil - Natural Gas Pipeline NEM data · 30 days

160 MW

Registered nameplate capacity

30 days revenue

$432.6k

Capacity factor

3.6%

Revenue / MWh

$103.93

Est. SRMC

$84.30/MWh

Energy flow

Dispatch target (cleared) vs availability — 5‑minute intervals. QLD1 regional price (RRP) on right axis.

Capacity

160 MW

AEMO status In Service

Project status Operational (AI)

AEMO NEM registration lists Townsville Power Station (DUID YABULU) as In Service; treating as full commercial operation absent contrary project evidence.

Region QLD1

Coordinates -19.26400, 146.81700 (AI)

Townsville Power Station / Yabulu area location derived from public maps and plant references near Townsville, QLD.

MLF 0.9508

DUID YABULU

Owner RATCH-Australia

Commissioned —

Expected closure 2046

Closure date —

Technology Turbine - CCGT

Fuel Fossil - Natural Gas Pipeline

Gas turbine OEM General Electric

CCGT configuration / turbine model CCGT configuration/model not publicly documented

Steam turbine OEM —

Steam turbine model —

Equipment confidence low

Dispatch & revenue

14 May 2026 23:45 → 13 Jun 2026 23:45 AEST

Energy revenue (× MLF)

$432.6k

FCAS revenue (× MLF)

FCAS volume

— MWh

Dispatched

4,162.8 MWh

Available

4,152.4 MWh

Curtailed

1.7 MWh

Curtailment

0.0%

of available

MLF used

0.9508

end of period

Revenue (× MLF)

Estimated $ per interval — energy (RRP) and FCAS (regional FCAS prices), both × MLF.

Methodology & assumptions

Dispatch & availability — AEMO Next Day Dispatch UNIT_SOLUTION (5‑minute intervals). Intervention intervals excluded.
Regional price — dispatch_price RRP matched by settlement time and NEM region (from generator registry).
Energy revenue (× MLF) — cleared MW × (5/60 h) × RRP × MLF.
FCAS revenue & volume — cleared FCAS MW from DISPATCHLOAD (raise/lower 6s, 60s, 5min, reg) × (5/60 h) × regional FCAS price × MLF. Volume is total FCAS enablement MWh across services.
Curtailment — estimated economic curtailment when availability exceeds dispatch target: max(0, availability − cleared) × (5/60) MWh.
Not settlement — estimates only. AEMO settlement applies DLF, rebids, constraints, and other factors not modelled here.

MLF history (AEMO daily)

Effective from	MLF
2024-07-01	0.9549
2025-07-01	0.9508

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.

Capex total (greenfield) default	$288.00M Shown in table $288.00M (2026 real AUD)
Capex refurbishment	—
Capex / MW default	$1,800,000 Shown in table $1.80M (2026 real AUD)
Fixed OPEX (annual)	—
Fixed OPEX / MW-yr default	$35,000 Shown in table $35.0k (2026 real AUD)
Variable OPEX / MWh default	$1.80 Shown in table $1.80 (2026 real AUD)
Fuel cost / GJ default	$11.00 Shown in table $11.00 (2026 real AUD)
Heat rate GJ/MWh default	7.50 Shown in table $7.50 (2026 real AUD)

Confidence: unknown · Status: needs review · Capex basis: unknown