Hydroelectricity powered by weather*

Australia currently has over 100 operating hydro power stations, totalling 8390 MW if capacity which produced an estimated 13,800 GWh of electricity during October 2009-October 2010. This represents around 5.5 per cent of the nation's total electricity output and is enough to power approximately 1,942,000 homes.

* This data is taken from The National Electricity Market (NEM). The NEM is a wholesale market for electricity supply in Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, The Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania. It does not include data for Western Australia.