Pine Creek

For over 30 years, EDL’s Pine Creek Power Station has provided reliable power generation to a remote Northern Territory location.

At a glance

  • Project name:

    Pine Creek Power Station

  • Owner, operator:

    EDL

  • Start of operation:

    1988

  • Location:

    226km south of Darwin, Northern Territory, Australia

  • Generating capacity:
    26.9 MW
  • Primary fuel:

    Pipeline natural gas

  • Equivalent homes powered:

    29,560 p.a.

About the power station

EDL has operated the Pine Creek Power Station since 1988. Originally constructed to provide power to the town of Pine Creek and local mines, the station has evolved to be a critical part of the Northern Territory’s main grid—the Darwin-Katherine Interconnected System.

The station comprises two 10MW gas turbines equipped with heat recovery steam generators coupled to a 7MW steam turbine.

In 1996, the station’s power purchase agreement (PPA) was extended with the Northern Territory’s Power and Water Corporation for 20 years. In 2017, the PPA was transferred to Jacana Energy for five years.