When was Yallourn built?
When was Yallourn built?
The story of Yallourn Power Station starts in 1921, when the former State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) built a temporary power station fuelled by brown coal from the Latrobe Valley. Its success led to a permanent station on the banks of the Latrobe River in 1924, and to the station we know today.
How many people work at Yallourn?
Yallourn has operated for 47 years burning brown coal. It supplies one-fifth of Victoria’s energy and employs 500 permanent workers and hundreds more contractors. It’s also responsible for 13% of Victoria’s emissions.
What is the largest power station in Victoria?
AGL Loy Yang
AGL Loy Yang is Victoria’s largest power station. The power station includes four 500+ megawatt turbo generators which were brought into service between 1984 and 1988.
What Shire is Yallourn North in?
Latrobe City Council
Yallourn North | Latrobe City Council.
Is Energy Australia owned by the Chinese?
EnergyAustralia (formerly TRUenergy) is an electricity generation, electricity and gas retailing private company in Australia, a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based and listed CLP Group.
What happened to Yallourn Victoria?
Yallourn, Victoria was a company town in Victoria, Australia built between the 1920s and 1950s to house employees of the State Electricity Commission of Victoria, who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station complex. However, expansion of the adjacent open-cut brown coal mine led to the closure and removal of the town in the 1980s.
What is the history of Yallourn?
Yallourn was a company town in Victoria built between the 1920s and the 1950s to house employees of the State Electrical Commission of Victoria, who operated the nearby Yallourn Power Station complex. However, expansion of the adjacent open cut brown coal mine led to…
Why join the Yallourn Association?
Join our Association and journey back with us to the old township of Yallourn in Latrobe Valley, Victoria – a unique town built between the 1920s and 1950s by the State Electricity Commission of Victoria (SECV) to house their workers and then dug up by the same SECV for the coal beneath in the 1980s.
What does Yallourn North Stand for?
Yallourn North is a small country town in the City of Latrobe, Victoria, Australia. It is approximately eight kilometres north-east of Moe, and 146 kilometres south-east of Melbourne. Prior to 1947 Yallourn North was known as “Brown Coal Mine”. The Post Office opened on 3 September 1917 as Brown Coal Mine and was renamed Yallourn North in 1947.
