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Steam rises from the Unit 4 boiler (the first big box on the left) for the first time in 18 months
(Photo: John Carey)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

July 30, 2014<\/strong><\/p>\n

The mothballed Unit 4 unit at Tarong Power Station – taken offline and put into “cold storage” 18 months ago – is back up and running, generating electricity.<\/p>\n

It has taken a skilled team of workers at Stanwell to ensure the restart went smoothly.<\/p>\n

\u201cEveryone has worked extremely well together and the restart is a great example of what our team can achieve,\u201d Tarong site manager Dennis Franklin said.<\/p>\n

Unit 4 was resynchronised, meaning it can send electricity into the national grid, last Wednesday (July 24) \u00a0and began operating with an output of about 200 MW.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is still some work to be done before full commercial service resumes but the important thing is that the unit is back and its return has been carried out safely and professionally,\u201d Mr Franklin said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere is a large group of people who have worked very hard to make this return possible, from the people who made the original decisions on how the unit would be stored to those who pressed the synchronising button on Wednesday.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tarong team created a number of engineering firsts in bringing back Unit 4 from cold storage, including:<\/strong><\/p>\n