{"id":47828,"date":"2021-02-22T07:14:15","date_gmt":"2021-02-21T20:44:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/?p=47828"},"modified":"2021-02-22T07:14:59","modified_gmt":"2021-02-21T20:44:59","slug":"morewell-power-station-mb1888","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.solarquotes.com.au\/blog\/morewell-power-station-mb1888\/","title":{"rendered":"Morwell Power Station Chimneys Toppled"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Image: EBAC Demolition<\/p><\/div>\n

The two remaining chimney stacks at the former Morwell Power Station (Energy Brix Power Station) in Victoria were successfully brought down on Saturday morning.<\/p>\n

Construction of the powdered brown coal burning, emissions-intensive power station and briquette works commenced back in 1949 and electricity production at the plant began in 1956. The facility was finally closed in 2014.<\/p>\n

Morwell Power Station was an emissions spewing monstrosity, generating 2.4 – 2.8 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per megawatt-hour of energy produced. As a comparison, Hazelwood Power Station – considered one of the world’s dirtiest power stations – created around 1.4 tonnes CO2-e\/MWh.<\/span><\/p>\n

Destined for demolition after the closure, Morwell Power Station temporarily dodged destruction after the Heritage Council of Victoria controversially granted it heritage listing in 2018<\/a>. Its brief reprieve ended in June the same year, when the Heritage Council gave permission for the power station’s owners to proceed with demolishing it<\/a>.<\/p>\n

In keeping with its toxic reputation right to the end was the complication of 10,000m3 of asbestos that needed to be removed from the site.<\/span><\/p>\n

After the bunker house was collapsed in late December, the last remaining structures were two 94-metre chimney stacks. No explosives were to be used to bring them down, instead a structural pull-over technique. EBAC Remediation General Manager Barry Dungey said the exercise went to plan, with the first chimney stack collapsed just before 8am on Saturday and the second approximately two hours later.<\/p>\n

“All building collapses on our site have occurred exactly as planned with safety our priority,\u201d he said<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The project is expected to be completed by the end of March.<\/p>\n

Coal Power In Victoria Today<\/h2>\n

There are just three coal fired power stations still operational in Victoria, but they pack a powerful emissions punch.<\/p>\n