Stanwell Corporation

Stanwell Corporation Limited
Company typeQueensland Government-owned corporation
IndustryEnergy
Headquarters
Brisbane
,
Australia
Area served
Queensland
Key people
Michael O'Rourke
(CEO)
ProductsEnergy
RevenueIncrease A$552.7 million (2021)
Decrease (A$433.5) million (2021)
Increase (A$375.4) million (2021)
Total assetsDecrease A$1,814.7 million (2011)
Total equityDecrease A$610.4 million (2011)
OwnerGovernment of Queensland
Number of employees
800
Websitewww.stanwell.com
Footnotes / references
[1]

Stanwell Corporation is a Queensland Government-owned corporation. Stanwell is the state's largest electricity generator and Australia’s second-largest greenhouse gas emitter.[2]

Stanwell owns and operates a portfolio of electricity generation assets in Queensland including two of the youngest and most energy efficient coal-fired power stations in Australia, being Stanwell Power Station in Rockhampton and Tarong North Power Station in the South Burnett region.[2]

The company employs approximately 800 people across various sites in Queensland. The two government ministers responsible for Stanwell Corporation are the Treasurer of Queensland and the Minister for Energy and Clean Economy Jobs.[3]

  1. ^ "Stanwell Annual Report 2010" (PDF). Stanwell Corporation. Retrieved 12 June 2011.
  2. ^ a b Smee, Ben (21 April 2021). "Australia's third-largest carbon emitter says it must transition to renewables and curtail coal plants". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 October 2021.
  3. ^ Roe, Isobel (3 May 2017). "Coal Reuse liquidators seek $1.7m from power generator Stanwell over insolvency allegations". ABC News. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 1 November 2021.