Yallourn Power Station

Yallourn Power Station
Yallourn W Power Station viewed from the south
Location of the Yallourn Power Station
Country	Australia
Location	Yallourn, Victoria
Coordinates	38°10′42″S 146°20′21″E / 38.17833°S 146.33917°E / -38.17833; 146.33917
Status	Operational
Construction began	1921
Commission date	Yallourn A: 1928 Yallourn B: 1932 Yallourn C: 1954 Yallourn D: 1957 Yallourn E: 1961 Yallourn W: 1973-1982
Decommission date	A: 1969 B: 1970 C: 1985 D: 1986 E: 1989
Owner	EnergyAustralia (Yallourn W)
Thermal power station
Primary fuel	Brown coal
Power generation
Units operational	A: 70 MW (94,000 hp) B: 100 MW (130,000 hp) C: 120 MW (160,000 hp) D: 120 MW (160,000 hp) E: 2 × 120 MW (160,000 hp) W: 2 × 350 MW (470,000 hp) W: 2 × 375 MW (503,000 hp)
Nameplate capacity	1,480 MW (1,980,000 hp)
External links
Website	Energy Australia - Yallourn Power Station
Commons	Related media on Commons
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The Yallourn Power Station, now owned by EnergyAustralia a wholly owned subsidiary of the Hong-Kong–based CLP Group, is located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia, beside the Latrobe River. Yallourn PS was a complex of six brown coal–fired thermal power stations built progressively from the 1920s to the 1960s; all except one have now been decommissioned. Today, only the 1,450 megawatts (1,940,000 hp) Yallourn W plant remains. It is the second largest power station in Victoria, supplying 22% of Victoria's electricity and 8% of the National Electricity Market. The adjacent open cut brown coal mine is the largest open cut coal mine in Australia, with reserves sufficient to meet the projected needs of the power station to 2028. On 10 March 2021, EnergyAustralia announced that it will close the Yallourn Power Station in mid-2028, four years ahead of schedule, and instead build a 350 megawatt battery in the Latrobe Valley by the end of 2026. At the time, Yallourn produced about 20% of Victoria's electricity.^[1]