Current renewable share: 24% · Updated
VIC1 · NEM, 30-min calculation
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Victoria's generation mix has been dominated by the Latrobe Valley brown coal generators for decades. Yallourn and Loy Yang A and B remain the state's largest generators, providing baseload output that gives Victoria one of the most carbon-intensive grids in the NEM when these plants are running at capacity.
Wind generation is the primary counterweight to coal in the Victorian mix. The state hosts the largest installed wind capacity in Australia, concentrated across western Victoria. During periods of strong wind, these farms can supply 30-40% of Victoria's electricity, substantially reducing the brown coal share and pushing wholesale prices to very low or negative levels.
As brown coal plant retirements progress, the generation mix is shifting. Battery storage is beginning to contribute during peak demand periods, and solar, while less dominant than in sunnier northern states, is growing steadily.
Victoria’s generation mix has historically been dominated by Latrobe Valley brown coal (Yallourn, Loy Yang A and B), with wind generation from western Victoria as the primary counterweight. The live fuel-type breakdown is shown above.
Victoria hosts the largest installed wind capacity in Australia. During periods of strong wind, wind farms can supply 30-40% of the state’s electricity, substantially reducing the brown coal share.
Battery storage is a growing but still small contributor to Victoria’s generation mix, primarily active during peak demand periods and for frequency control services.
gridIQ refreshes the Victorian generation mix from AEMO SCADA and ASEFS rooftop-solar data every 30 minutes, matching the underlying generation-mix ingest cadence.