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- Transmission Line80,968
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- Oil & Gas Field7,055
- Coal / Uranium Mine5,382
- Pipeline4,951
- Cement Plant3,513
- Data Centre3,283
- Iron & Steel Plant1,293
- LNG Terminal1,198
- Grid Storage965
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Interconnector
Australia (SW) – Australia (VI) interconnection
4th-largest interconnector in Australia of 9 · top 42% worldwide (#293 of 704)
- Status
- operating
- Capacity
- 1,000 MW
- Length
- 714 km
- Voltage
- 330 kV
- Connects to
- Australia
- Reverse capacity
- 400 MW
- Geometry
- Schematic — node to node, not a surveyed route
Comparable interconnectors · Australia · 9 ranked
- #1Australia (SW) – Australia (VI) interconnection (planned)1.9 GW
- #2Australia (SA) – Australia (VI) interconnection (planned)1.6 GW
- #3Australia (QL) – Australia (SW) interconnection1.5 GW
- #4Australia (SW) – Australia (VI) interconnection1.0 GW
- #5Australia (QL) – Australia (SW) interconnection (planned)900 MW
- #6Australia (SA) – Australia (VI) interconnection820 MW
Co-located infrastructure · within 25 km
- Australia (TA) – Australia (VI) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 594 MW
- Australia (TA) – Australia (VI) interconnection (planned)0 m · Interconnector · 618 MW
- Australia (SA) – Australia (VI) interconnection0 m · Interconnector · 820 MW
- Powertel Data Centre534 m · Data Centre
- Melbourne541 m · Data Centre
- Securiton Data Centre700 m · Data Centre
- Port Melbourne Cement Plant3.3 km · Cement Plant
- Westernport–Altona–Geelong (WAG) Oil Pipeline4.4 km · Pipeline
- Port Phillip Bay FSRU4.7 km · LNG Terminal · 4.7 Mtpa
- Newport power station6.7 km · Power Plant · 510 MW · gas
- Navarre wind farm11 km · Power Plant · 600 MW · wind
- 500 kV line13 km · Transmission Line
On the interactive map
For planned capacity it is assumed that 'Option 1' of the identified AEMO transmission expansion options will be realised.
SOURCE: Global Transmission Database v0.1 (CC BY 4.0)