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  CLP Group - TRUenergy Yallourn
The TRUenergy Yallourn power station and the adjacent brown coal mine are located in the Latrobe Valley, 150 kilometres east of Melbourne.
The three concrete cooling towers, the first of their type constructed and a very visible feature of the power station, cool the steam once it has passed through the generators so it can be reused to drive the turbines.
Yallourn's generator is one of the lowest cost electricity generators in Australia.
www.clpgroup.com /NR/exeres/5291F3D0-59BD-41F3-A00B-5D97A975E9A5,681A8201-BFF9-439D-9F8D-187B6EE2A7E0,frameless.htm?ch=_Asia_Au_TRUenergyYallourn_&lang=en   (205 words)

  
 Yallourn - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Yallourn   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Yallourn has one of the world's largest open-cast coalmining operations, with an annual output of 28 million tonnes of brown coal (sometimes known as lignite).
The population of the town of Yallourn was moved to nearby towns such as Moe, Morwell, Traralgon, and Yallourn North (population (1996) 1,216) between 1969 and 1982, so that brown coal reserves below the Yallourn townsite could be exploited.
The Yallourn mines provide coal to power stations in La Trobe Valley which generate 85 % of Victoria's electrical power.
encyclopedia.farlex.com /Yallourn   (180 words)

  
 Our House Biographies - house with two lives   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
During Yallourn's limited lifespan of 50 years, modernisation of the homes was carried out to the SEC's timetable, with electric stoves gradually replacing fuel stoves, the installation of hot water services and showers built over the baths.
Yallourn was a garden city with leafy streetscapes that glowed in autumn.
In contrast to the beautifully landscaped streets and parks, Yallourn lived under the pall of coal dust, that settled on gardens and food and furniture in the houses.
www.heritage.gov.au /ourhouse/essay32.html   (1393 words)

  
 Moe-Yallourn - Victoria - Australia - Travel - theage.com.au
In order to obtain the coal deposits beneath Yallourn the SEC announced, in 1969, that it was phasing out the town, with demolition commencing in the 1970s and being completed in 1982.
The population of Yallourn was relocated to Moe, Traralgon and Morwell.
Yallourn open-cut mine operations can be viewed from the Newborough Lookout which can be reached by taking the Yallourn turn-off at the Princes Highway and following the signposts.
www.theage.com.au /news/Victoria/MoeYallourn/2005/02/17/1108500206982.html   (1181 words)

  
 Projects - Yallourn Mining
Following the post-tender phase of the Morwell River Diversion in 2000, Yallourn Energy engaged RTL in an alliance to investigate innovative ways to mine brown coal, to replace the fleet of aging 1950’s style bucket wheel dredgers and to prepare a five-year mine plan.
As part of this process RTL worked closely with Yallourn Energy and suppliers Caterpillar and McLanahan Corporation to design a system that has the capacity to cost effectively and efficiently transfer coal.
Yallourn Mine is the first in Australia to implement this integrated mining technology.
www.rtl.com.au /Projects/YallournMining   (566 words)

  
 SRW - Headworks - Yallourn Storage Dam & Barrell Weir
Yallourn Storage Dam is located approximately 2.5 km upstream of Yallourn Barrell Weir and forms Lake Narracan.
Yallourn Barrell Weir consists of a concrete sill structure with a fixed crest and an adjacent drum gate which is located at the right hand end of the weir.
The Yallourn Storages must be operated in such a way as to maintain flows not only to the power companies’ pumps, but also downstream of their off-takes.
www.srw.com.au /headworks/yall.html   (867 words)

  
 Yallourn Golf Club   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Yallourn's lovely 18 hole parkland course winds around the historic Coach Road hill in the heart of the Latrobe Valley, home to the incredible open cut mining and power station complex which provides 80 per cent plus of Victoria's electricity.
At Yallourn, constant course attention ensures well grassed fairways and top playing conditions all year round, with every hole presenting a different challenge, making for a true - and always enjoyable - test of golf for players at all levels.
The well-appointed Yallourn Golf Club House, located in pleasant and quiet surroundings and with a panoramic outlook over the picturesque Latrobe River Valley and Baw Baw Mountains, is an inviting place in which to relax and take in the atmosphere of a club which has produced some of the region's greatest players.
www.crosslinks.com.au /vicgolf/yallournGC/yallourngc.htm   (308 words)

  
 Harders Family tree - pafg12.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Marjorie was born on 2 Jun 1912 in Glenthompson, Victoria, Australia.
Peter John McKenna was born on 11 Sep 1942 in Yallourn, Victoria, Australia.
Marilyn McKenna was born on 2 Dec 1952 in Yallourn, Victoria, Australia.
members.westnet.com.au /dawey53/pafg12.htm   (1311 words)

  
 Harders Family tree - pafg21.htm - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
Rae Elizabeth Whitehead was born on 29 Sep 1965 in Nhill, Victoria, Australia.
Tracey Louise Whitehead was born on 4 Mar 1972 in Shepparton, Victoria, Australia.
Gregory Mark McKenna was born on 9 Feb 1971 in Yallourn, Victoria, Australia.
members.westnet.com.au /dawey53/pafg21.htm   (1168 words)

  
 Power Generation Trail Gippsland   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Yallourn is the site of Victoria's first permanent power station established in 1924.
The 1450MW Yallourn 'W' Power Station and adjacent open cut mine was the first Victorian power station to be fully privatised.
Its owner and operator Yallourn Energy is currently developing the new Maryvale coalfield, to ensure supply of coal for the next 30 years.
www.gippslandinfo.com.au /Powertrail   (884 words)

  
 Privatisation of Australian electricity supplies leads to shortages and blackouts
Victoria is the first Australian state where the generation, transmission and distribution of electricity have been entirely privatised.
Victoria's privatisations were based on calculations that National Electricity Market prices would range from $35 to $40 per MW hour.
Yallourn Energy chief executive Mike Johnston admitted that the company had “hedged” to limit its losses during the industrial dispute.
www.wsws.org /articles/2000/mar2000/elec-m25_prn.shtml   (1689 words)

  
 SEC Railway   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
The State Electricity Commission of Victoria once ran an extensive railway system in the Yallourn / Morwell area.
The last section of railway in use was the Yallourn Morwell Inter Connecting Railway (ICR).
A further expansion was given as a reason for discontinuing rail operations between Yallourn and Morwell.
www.hobbiesplus.com.au /gunzel_gallery/sec_railway.htm   (426 words)

  
 Dozing on the job pays off for Yallourn
Like all Latrobe Valley lignite mines, Yallourn has long used technology developed in Germany for its own vast brown coal reserves: fleets of bucket-wheel dredges operating on a series of benches with an elaborate conveyor system that constantly needs moving to convey the brown coal to the adjacent power station.
Following privatisation in 1996, the new owners realised that the aging fleet of dredgers were becoming increasingly expensive to maintain and to operate, and were no longer able to ensure the coal supply reliability needed.
Under the Yallourn Mine Alliance, RTL commenced its five-year contact for the operation of the mine in September 2002 following successful trials of the new mining system earlier in the year.
www.ferret.com.au /articles/37/0c036f37.asp   (778 words)

  
 The Premier Of Victoria, Australia - Newsroom - Archive   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
CLP wholly owns Yallourn Energy, one of the lowest cost electricity generators in Australia, which currently generates 22 per cent of Victoria's energy.
Yallourn Energy is Australia's second largest energy generator.
The company plans to use Yallourn Energy as a platform to build a diversified energy business.
www.premier.vic.gov.au /newsroom/news_item_archive.asp?id=498   (313 words)

  
 A History of Yallourn A-E Power Stations   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Yallourn Power Station, in the Latrobe Valley, served Victoria from 1921 to 1989.
The speaker, during her time as a member of the Historic buildings Council, was a member of the permits/registration committee which dealt with the Yallourn Power station and she chaired the committee set up to oversee the demolition permit for the Station.
She chairs the Historic Mines Advisory Committee and is a member of Plannning Panels, Victoria and of Victoria Division's committees for Engineering Heritage and Environmental Engineering.
home.vicnet.net.au /~engherit/YallournFlyer.htm   (281 words)

  
 ETU Press Release 5.12.01
The hearing before Vice President Lacey follows an application by Yallourn Energy to terminate the Bargaining Period and ensure it had the ability to sack its maintenance workforce.
The Electrical Trades Union, the Amalgamated Metal Workers Union and the Australian Workers Union has been in a long and protacted battle with Yallourn Energy to ensure that the jobs of workers in the Latrobe Valley were protected in line with an agreement reached between the parties in February 2000.
The Unions clearly believe that the Company has not acted in good faith and only has one agenda despite great public rhetoric to the contrary (a copy of their full page newspaper ad is included for your reference).
www.etu.asn.au /aboutus/yallournpr.html   (408 words)

  
 TRUenergy - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Yallourn Power Station is the third largest generator in Victoria.
The adjacent brown coal mine is the largest open cut coalmine in Australia with reserves to meet the projected needs of the power station to 2032.
In addition to these generators at Yallourn and Torrens Island, a major gas-fired power station is also being developed at Tallawarra, near Wollongong in New South Wales.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/TRUenergy   (276 words)

  
 trounce - pafg35 - Generated by Personal Ancestral File
was born in 1883 in Yallourn, Victoria, Australia.
He was buried on Nov 23 1911 in Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia.
She was buried on Feb 8 1915 in Campbells Creek, Victoria, Australia.
webhome.idirect.com /~djtrounce/trounce/pafg35.htm   (585 words)

  
 Chapter 5   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Thus far, the state of Victoria (Australia's second most populous state) has been the most aggressive of the state governments in privatizing its state-owned energy industries.
In 1995, Victoria began to privatize its electric power industry, in part in a manner modeled after the British electric industry privatization program.
Victoria's power generation facilities are due to be privatized in 1996.
www.eia.doe.gov /emeu/pgem/ch5f.html   (517 words)

  
 Moe-yallourn, Victoria Copywriters - Copy Writer   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Here are the most recent Moe-yallourn, Victoria copywriter vendors that have requested a listing on Marketingtool.com.
Actual Moe-yallourn, Victoria listings appear in the search results at right.
You may have to select the Next Page link to access the entire list; look for it near the bottom of the page.
www.marketingtool.com /channel/copy/b.457.g.27146.html   (131 words)

  
 Yallourn power outage to put state below safety reserve - Business - Business
Switching off: TruEnergy's plan to shut down the Yallourn power station for maintenance in January will leave Victoria with low energy levels.
VICTORIA'S energy supplies will fall below safety reserve levels in late January when TruEnergy's Yallourn power station takes one of its 350-megawatt generating units offline for nine days for maintenance.
The withdrawal of the Yallourn unit will push Victoria's generation reserves below what NEMMCO considers to be adequate levels.
www.theage.com.au /news/business/yallourn-power-outage-to-put-state-below-safety-reserve/2006/09/03/1157222007197.html   (761 words)

  
 Moe, Australia
Many of its inhabitants came from Yallourn, another mining town that had to be evacuated because it was situated over valuable seams of coal.
The Yallourn power station with its three huge cooling towers, using coal from the Yallourn opencast mine, can be visited.
On the Princes Highway is Old Gippstown Pioneer Township, an open-air museum in which old buildings of the pioneering period have been brought together.
www.planetware.com /australia/moe-aus-vic-moe.htm   (111 words)

  
 Popular Sightseeing Tours
These tours take in the most interesting sights of the beautiful and diverse State of Victoria and its elegant capital city, Melbourne.
Approximate times for travel by car are given in brackets, based on a return trip from central Melbourne at a comfortable speed, with sightseeing and refreshment breaks.
Snow in winter, glorious colours in autumn, cool weather and wildflowers in spring and summer, and spectacular views all year round are some of the attractions of this area.
www.dd.com.au /gtours/psthome.html   (864 words)

  
 Bushfire at Yallourn, Victoria [picture] by
State Library of Victoria is a contributor to PictureAustralia
All images and text on the State Library of Victoria website are for personal use only.
No material may be reproduced, communicated or copied other than for the purposes of research or study, criticism or review, or reporting the news without the Library's permission.
www.slv.vic.gov.au /argus/0/1/7/doc/an017348.shtml   (115 words)

  
 Small town braces for the worst - National - smh.com.au
A red glow engulfs the town of Yallourn North in south-eastern Victoria tonight, as residents brace themselves for the worst.
Yallourn North resident and firefighter Alister Budge said the town's atmosphere was one of fear, with everyone talking about the dangers ahead.
"Yallourn North is under immediate threat of fire," Ms Dawkins said.
www.smh.com.au /news/national/small-town-braces-for-the-worst/2006/01/22/1137864803550.html   (380 words)

  
 Polymer Clay Central- Rod Wicks, Multi Media Artist
od Wicks, born in Hamilton, Victoria, Australia in 1957.
Raised in Yallourn, idyllic community of 4000 in the heart of the Latrobe Valley open cut coal mining and power generating industry.
Two more children have followed and we have settled on an acre and a half in the middle of lush green dairy country.
www.polymerclaycentral.com /rodwicks.html   (1294 words)

  
 Crews contain east Vic, Hobart fires. 13/10/2006. ABC News Online
Light rain has brought relief for firefighters battling a blaze at Yallourn North in east Victoria.
And in New South Wales, a fire near Tooma Dam in the Kosciuszko National Park is out of reach of firefighters who are concentrating on containment lines.
Crews are continuing to work at the fire at the Morwell open-cut mine, using spraying foam directly onto the coal face.
www.abc.net.au /news/newsitems/200610/s1764659.htm   (732 words)

  
 Lost (and found) in translation | News.com.au Excess Baggage Blog   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
Overall winner Alex Burk of Maffra, Victoria, seduced me with his tale of living near the Artic Circle and his efforts at building an igloo from instructions found in a book at the local library.
Matt Brown of Docklands, Victoria, scored a set of guidebooks for his strong storytelling style – the man knows how to deliver a punch line.
He got his boys together told them we weren’t to be touched and a couple of them walked behind us the rest of the way to make sure no other streeties would be interested.
blogs.news.com.au /news/travel/excessbaggage/index.php/newstravel/comments/lost_and_found_in_translation   (1473 words)

  
 The lost world of 70mm Theatres By Ian Hanson   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-21)
For 70mm both theatres were equipped with Cinemeccanica Victoria 10 projectors.
Only the later Victoria 8 projectors were relabelled RK 60 for Australia.
At this time MGM was considering whether to convert the Metro Bourke Street to 70mm, but decided against it because of the steep projection rake and a small projection room.
www.in70mm.com /news/2005/70mm_in/australia.htm   (4754 words)

  
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Chris Dunk was born in Yallourn Victoria in 1952..
He grew up in the country in the 50’s when Victoria was still very much a wild natural environment, forest and the Australian society still had it feet in the 19th century, with few cars and before much of the technological changes and infrastructure that came with the 1960’s onward arrived.
He was employed by the Northern Territory Teaching Service upon his graduation, and worked in remote locations in northern Australia before he returned to Victoria to take a position in the Ministry of Education in secondary colleges.
www.quangduc.com /tacgia/chrisdunk.html   (460 words)

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