Fast facts
- 750 MW capacity
- Single generating unit
- Coal-fired
- 131 employees
- Located on the traditional lands of the Barunggam people
Kogan Creek Power Station is one of Australia’s most efficient and technically advanced coal-fired power stations. Commissioned in 2007, it contains the largest single generating unit in Australia and has one of the lowest environmental impacts of any coal-fired power station nationwide.
As a supercritical station Kogan Creek’s boiler operates at a much higher pressure and temperature than conventional coal-fired power stations. This means it converts each unit of fuel into more energy – it’s a very efficient way to produce electricity.
Kogan Creek Power Station is also very water efficient, because it uses dry cooling technology and sources the limited water it does require from bores.
Located in the Western Downs near Chinchilla in Queensland, Kogan Creek Power Station can generate up to 750 megawatts of baseload electricity – enough to power 900,000 homes.
CS Energy also owns the neighbouring Kogan Creek Mine, which supplies black coal to Kogan Creek Power Station via a four kilometre overland conveyor belt and is operated by Golding Contractors. Kogan Creek Mine supplies more than two million tonnes of coal to the power station each year.
Working at Kogan Creek
To learn more about working at Kogan Creek Power Station, watch the video below or visit our Careers section.
An evolving site
CS Energy began to diversify the energy mix at the Kogan Creek site with the addition of the Chinchilla Battery in 2024. Batteries are fast and flexible, and are expected to play an increasingly important role in Australia's power grid.
Construction is currently underway on the the gas-fired Brigalow Peaking Power Plant, which will provide fast start capability in high demand periods.
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