The Yallourn power station generates enough electricity every day to supply 2 million Australian homes. More than 500 people work at the plant and it spends millions of dollars every year with local businesses.
On the afternoon of Monday 12 November 2018, Graeme Edwards, a Unit Controller at the Yallourn power station, was fatally injured after reinstalling a high-voltage circuit breaker on one of the plant’s four generation units.
Wallerawang site assessed for future eco-industrial park
An exclusive agreement with Bettergrow Pty Ltd to assess opportunities to repurpose the decommissioned Wallerawang power station in Lithgow has been extended to June 2019.