Transformer Coming On Friday
Motorists travelling in the South Burnett on Friday should keep an eye out for a convoy carrying a large transformer to Tarong Power Station.
Motorists travelling in the South Burnett on Friday should keep an eye out for a convoy carrying a large transformer to Tarong Power Station.
Work has started on the construction of the Tarong Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) which aims to become an integral part of Queensland’s transition to renewable energy.
A man died on Wednesday morning when a bulldozer overturned in a forestry area at Tarong.
The State Government has released draft legislation which aims to protect energy workers during the State’s transition to renewable energy.
The Department of Environment and Science has certified another 153ha of former mining land at Meandu as “rehabilitated” back to native bush, but future ex-mining land could also be turned over to grazing or forestry.
A 50-year-old Tarong man has been charged with 62 offences – including 50 counts of supplying dangerous drugs and one count of trafficking – after police raided a property at Tarong on Thursday.
A fire in a coal feeder at Tarong Power Station had emergency services scrambling on Tuesday night.
An Indonesian company, PT Bukit Makmur Mandiri Utama (BUMA), will be taking over the operation of Meandu coal mine, possibly before the end of this year.
The Queensland Conservation Council (QCC) has called for the planned expansion of the Meandu coal mine to be scrapped.
Firefighters who were called to a house fire at Woolooga on Thursday afternoon could see the smoke from a distance as they sped towards the blaze.
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Stanwell is working on a plan to install a large, standalone battery at Tarong Power Station to support storage of renewable energy.
A scheduled overhaul of Unit 1 at Tarong Power Station began on Friday and will run until June 19.
Stanwell Corporation has responded to media reports about a possible closure “soon” of Meandu coal mine.
A man was airlifted to hospital after a single-vehicle rollover at Tarong on Sunday morning.
A person was transported by ambulance to hospital on Monday morning after yet another single vehicle rollover on South Burnett roads.
The South Burnett community will be kept safe during the upcoming $36.2 million maintenance work at Tarong Power Station despite the influx of hundreds of workers into the region.
Unit 2 at Tarong Power Station is about to undergo a $36.2 million overhaul which is tipped to pump millions of dollars into the local economy.
Work on a $5 million upgrade to power transmission towers has begun between Tarong and Wivenhoe Dam
A man aged in his 30s was assessed by paramedics after a single-vehicle crash at Tarong on Tuesday morning.