McArthur River

For 25 years, EDL’s McArthur River Mine Power Station has provided reliable power to the remote Northern Territory mine.

At a glance

  • Project name:

    McArthur River

  • Owner, operator:

    EDL

  • Start of operation:

    1995

  • Location:

    970km south east of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

  • Generating capacity:
    77 MW
  • Primary fuel:

    Pipeline natural gas

  • Customer:

    Glencore

  • Electricity gnerated:

    ~300 GWh

  • Equivalent homes powered:

    ~52,000 p.a.

  • *Data sourced from :

    CY23

About the power station

EDL has owned and operated the McArthur River Mine Power Station since the mine commenced operations in 1995, underpinned with a 15-year power supply contract. EDL’s safe and reliable operations during this time resulted in our customer Glencore awarding us with an additional 20-year (68MW) power supply contract.

The original station comprised of six gas turbine gensets and two reciprocating gas engine gensets. In 2012, EDL expanded the station and installed six 9.7MW Wartsila gas reciprocating engines.