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Yallourn Power Station - VIC

Yallourn Power Station

Place Name

Position

DEG: -38.1743 146.35057

DMS: 38º 10' 27.48" S 146º 21' 2.05" E

UTM: 55 H 5774646mN 443117mE

Altitude: 54.29m

Place Type

Population - Place Name

Location

128.24kms East of Melbourne
406.5kms SouthWest of Canberra
529.46kms North of Hobart

Address & Contact

Yallourn VIC 3825

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Information

Abundant supplies of brown coal led to the Vic govt siting several power stations on the coalfield as early as 1928. The plant seen today was built from 1974 to 1982 with coal taken on conveyor belts directly to the boilers saving costs. To produce 1480 MW of power takes 2400 tonnes of coal every hour. Only steam is emitted from the fat hyperbolic cooling towers. The thin chimneys of the boilers emit invisible CO2 and very little ash/smoke as this is precipitated out electrostatically. Since coal contains sulfur this burns to make sulfur dioxide gas which causes acid rain.

PlaceID	54838

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Weather

Closest Weather Station

Latrobe Valley at 02/10:30am EST

Distance from Yallourn Power Station 11.52km E

Temperature	Feels Like	Rel. Humidity	Dew Point	Pressure	Rainfall	Wind Direction	Wind Speed	Gusts
12.9°C	11.0°C	77%	9.0°C	1033.9hPa	0.0mm	WNW	9km/hr 5knots	13km/hr 7knots

Closest Climatic Station

Morwell (Latrobe Valley Airport)

Distance from Yallourn Power Station 11.52km E

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Mean Max. °C	26.5	26.5	24.2	20.5	16.8	14.1	13.6	14.9	16.9	19.4	22.0	24.0
Mean Min. °C	12.6	12.9	11.2	8.7	6.5	4.4	3.7	4.3	5.9	7.4	9.5	11.1
Mean Rain mm	47.5	46.2	49.7	58.2	53.5	64.0	64.1	63.8	77.5	72.6	75.8	68.1