AGL owns and operates two gas fired electricity generation plants in South Australia and Victoria. Both of the generation plants produce significantly less greenhouse gas emissions than the State average.

Gas-fired peaking plants typically produce around 0.7 tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions per MWh. This compares favourably with the emissions from coal (around 1 tonne per MWh).

Torrens Island Power Station

Torrens Island Power Station is located 18 km's from the Adelaide CBD, South Australia and is operated by AGL Energy. It burns natural gas in 8 steam turbines to generate up to 1,280MW of electricity. The gas is supplied via the SEAGas pipeline from Victoria and by the MAPS pipeline from Moomba in the Cooper Basin. The station is capable of burning either natural gas or fuel oil. It is the largest power station in South Australia and the largest natural gas fired power station in Australia.

Somerton Power Station

Built in 2002, the Somerton Power Station provides 150 MW of gas fired generation and is located close to the major load centre in Victoria, being in the industrial suburbs of Melbourne.

Four 37.5 MW gas turbines make up the generation capacity, reducing the impact of start failure. The capacity of Somerton is used to meet AGL Energy's Victorian retail customer demand.

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