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Stanwell flicks the switch on Tarong Battery

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Stanwell’s first wholly owned dispatchable energy storage project, the 300MW Tarong Battery, has started supplying electricity to the National Electricity Market (NEM)

The $514 million project, based at the Tarong power stations near Nanango, has been in construction since 2023.

The battery comprises 164 lithium-ion Tesla Megapacks and will boost Tarong power stations’ overall capacity to 2.1 GW.

With two-hour storage and dispatch capacity, it can store excess energy when supply is high and dispatch back into the grid when it is needed.  

Stanwell chief executive officer Michael O’Rourke said Stanwell was playing a key. . .

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Stanwell takes over Tarong West wind farm project

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Government-owned energy generator Stanwell has acquired the 436.5MW Tarong West wind farm project from global renewable energy developer RES.

The State Government has committed $776.1 million to the South Burnett region project to date.

Energy and Clean Economy Jobs Minister Mick de Brenni said the Tarong West project would be Australia’s largest publicly owned wind farm, which was a game changer for Queensland’s renewable energy future.

The project, which recently received development approval, will feature 97 wind turbines and produce enough clean. . .

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BUMA snags contract extension at Meandu mine

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BUMA Australia has secured a contract extension worth about $200 million per year to continue providing mining services at the Meandu coal mine.

Under the renewed contract, through to June 2026, BUMA Australia will maintain its current operational scale, with annual coal volumes of about 7 million tonnes.

The Meandu mine is located 25km south-east of Kingaroy and provides coal to Stanwell Corporation's Tarong power stations as its sole customer.

BUMA Australia, part of. . .

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Stanwell cements fly ash recycling avenue

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Government-owned generator Stanwell has reached a new long-term offtake agreement with Cement Australia that will see fly ash from the power station near Rockhampton used to manufacture cement and concrete products.

The announcement came as a new weighbridge was opened at Stanwell power station this week.

Chief operating officer James Oliver said the weighbridge would be used primarily to record coal combustion products offtake from all customers and by Stanwell, for monitoring and weighing any other loads such as waste material from site.

"This ability to track both means we can become even more efficient in our operations. . .

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Stanwell head resigns after Energy Futures Summit

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Stanwell Corporation chief executive officer Richard Van Breda has resigned after comments on the generator's transition towards renewable energy and storage stemming from the Central Queensland Energy Futures Summit.

Mr Van Breda was reported in some media outlets as indicating that the company's coal-fired plants were likely to be retired earlier than their technical end-of-life dates.

Minister for Energy, Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni stepped in on Friday with a public statement that there were no plans to decommission any of Queensland's publicly-owned generation assets ahead of their time.

"In fact, Queensland. . .

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Stanwell shines light on future power plans

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Key generator Stanwell Corporation has outlined its plans for transitioning to a renewable energy future, including new job descriptions for its coal-fired power plants.

At the Central Queensland Energy Futures Summit in Gladstone this week, Stanwell chief executive officer Richard Van Breda discussed the company’s plans to shift towards renewable energy and storage in the coming years.

Its portfolio includes the 1460MW coal-fired Stanwell Power Station at Rockhampton and 1843MW coal-fired Tarong power stations in the South Burnett region, as well as the Meandu coal mine that fuels the Tarong complex.

“Our Tarong and Stanwell power. . .

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Gladstone summit tackles energy transition

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Gladstone is hosting an energy summit this week, billed as an opportunity for industry heavyweights to discuss how to manage changes to the energy sector across Central Queensland.

Electricity companies Stanwell, CleanCo and CS Energy are joining the Energy Futures Summit along with industry players such as local refinery operator Rio Tinto.

Representatives from all tiers of government, unions, environment groups, education institutions and Traditional Owner groups are also involved in the closed-door discussion, running today and tomorrow.

The Next Economy chief executive officer Amanda Cahill said the summit couldn’t come. . .

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Deal backs $600m Mount Isa power project

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Vast Solar has signed a joint development agreement with Stanwell Corporation for its $600 million North West Queensland Hybrid Power Project.

The agreement includes funding for a $10 million feasibility study for the proposed dispatchable renewable energy project in Mount Isa.

“This is a major step forward for the project and the North West Minerals Province," Vast Solar chief executive officer Craig Wood said.

"Our partnership with Stanwell is underpinned by the attractiveness of the project and we are pleased they. . .

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Solar firm plans $500m CQ hydrogen project

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International solar firm Eco Energy World has announced plans for a $500 million green hydrogen and solar PV development in Raglan near Gladstone.

EEW was already planning a 300MW solar farm at Raglan and now aims to combine the PV plant with a project to produce renewable energy for green hydrogen production, developing a 200MW hydrogen plant with a further 100MW allocated to energy storage.

The proposed hydrogen plant would produce 33,000 tonnes of green hydrogen per year using electrolyser technology, the company said.

“The State of Queensland in Australia is. . .

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Stanwell to back renewable energy ideas

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Stanwell Corporation has launched an expression of interest process as it reveals plans to back renewable energy projects as part of its power portfolio.

The major electricity generator owns the Stanwell coal-fired power station near Rockhampton, and the Tarong power stations and Meandu coal mine near Kingaroy.

Stanwell chief executive officer Richard Van Breda said the government-owned corporation was undertaking an expression of interest process to identify high-quality renewable energy projects based in Queensland that could be incorporated into its portfolio.

“The energy market is changing rapidly, and we are evolving our business in line with our. . .

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State-owned power plants in $1b-plus write-down

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More than $1 billion has been wiped off the value of coal and gas power stations owned by Queensland electricity generators CS Energy, Stanwell and CleanCo in the past year.

A report from the Queensland Audit Office showed that lower electricity prices resulted in combined net losses of $367 million for the State-owned generators in 2019-20 and a decline in the value of power stations.

Transmission, distribution, and retail entities all reported net profits, but they were 26 per cent. . .

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Kogan Creek to host hydrogen demo plant

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A partnership between CS Energy and IHI Corporation Japan will assess the feasibility of establishing a renewable hydrogen demonstration plant next to the Kogan Creek coal-fired power station, near Chinchilla.

State Minister for Renewables and Hydrogen Mick de Brenni said it was the second hydrogen collaboration between Queensland and Japanese energy companies in the space of three months, following Stanwell Corporation’s partnership with Iwatani Corporation in November 2020.

“Queensland. . .

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Generators to fight major energy price class action

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Queensland generators Stanwell and CS Energy say they will fight a class action being filed in the Federal Court of Australia by law firm Piper Alderman.

The QLD Energy Class Action is a legal claim being brought against the two Queensland state-owned electricity generators on behalf of more than 40,000 electricity customers.

It alleges that they manipulated the electricity pricing system and artificially inflated consumers’ electricity bills.

CS Energy issued a statement vowing to defend any class action 'lodged by a law firm and funded by overseas corporate backers', saying. . .

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Tarong power plant set for two-month overhaul

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A $36.2 million overhaul at Tarong Power Station will see a peak workforce of more than 500 pump millions of dollars into the South Burnett region from next month.

Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said the two-month overhaul of Unit 2 was part of the power station’s regular maintenance works.

“This overhaul will mean work for more than 30 South Burnett locals, as well as other workers bringing in all the flow-on benefits to local accommodation and hospitality providers, as well as the transport industry," he said.

“Our publicly owned energy companies forecast a spend of. . .

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Opportunity to power-up skills at Tarong

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Power generator Stanwell is recruiting for apprentices at its Tarong complex in the South Burnett region.

Stanwell general manager generation Brad Perry said the company's Apprentice and Trainee Program offered opportunities for local people of all ages and experience to learn new skills.

“The opportunities on offer in the 2021 Apprentice and Trainee Program at the Tarong power stations will provide our next generation of energy industry professionals with the chance to join an industry in the midst of an exciting transition,” Mr Perry said.

The Tarong power stations will be recruiting for the following apprentice and trainee roles. . .

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Stanwell set for two-month shutdown project

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A $50 million overhaul is due to kick-off at Stanwell Power Station in Central Queensland next month, with an expected workforce of 600.

The two-month shutdown of one of the station’s four generating units will allow works including the plant's four-yearly boiler statuary inspection, turbine HIP cover lift, turbine LP cover lift, generator rotor detailed inspection, and AVR and synchroniser replacement.

Major contractors include UGL, Siemens, DMH ABB, Protech, Temmco, Diamonds, ALS and Quest.

Energy Minister Dr Anthony Lynham said about 450 specialist workers would be needed from outside the local region, including from interstate. . .

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