The Snapper Point Power Station is a gas turbine power station under development at

Outer Harbor, South Australia Outer Harbor is a suburb in the Australian state of South Australia located at the northern tip of the Lefevre Peninsula about north-west of the Adelaide city centre. Description Outer Harbor is essentially an industrial suburb, consisting mai ...

, beside the older

Pelican Point Power Station The Pelican Point Power Station is located at Pelican Point, 20 km from the centre of Adelaide, South Australia on the Lefevre Peninsula. It is operated by Engie (previously known as GDF Suez Australian Energy), which owns 72 per cent of ...

. Snapper Point Power Station is owned by Nexif Energy and is a peaking power plant to provide firm reliability for electricity supply contracts from Nexif's Lincoln Gap Wind Farm. It uses the five gas turbine generation units acquired from the

Government of South Australia The Government of South Australia, also referred to as the South Australian Government, SA Government or more formally, His Majesty’s Government, is the Australian state democratic administrative authority of South Australia. It is modelled o ...

which previously comprised the Temporary Generation North power station. The plant is expected to be online by 1 July 2023.

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Buildings and structures completed in 2022 Natural gas-fired power stations in South Australia {{Australia-powerstation-stub