Hazelwood Switchyard

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Hazelwood Power Station

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The Hazelwood Power Station is a decommissioned brown-coal fuelled thermal power station located in the Latrobe Valley of Victoria, Australia. Built between 1964 and 1971, the 1,600-megawatt-capacity power station was made up of eight 200MW units, and supplied up to 25% of Victoria's base load electricity and more than 5% of Australia's total electricity demand. Hazelwood Power Station is situated 220 metres northwest of Hazelwood Switchyard.

Jeeralang Power Station

Power station

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Jeeralang Power Station is a gas turbine power station with a capacity of 460 megawatts near Morwell, Victoria, Australia. The station is a peaking facility which is used only during periods of peak demand, and is also used as a black start facility to restore power to the grid in the event of major system failure. Jeeralang Power Station is situated 3 km east of Hazelwood Switchyard.

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Morwell

Town

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Morwell is a town in the Latrobe Valley area of Gippsland, in South-Eastern Victoria, Australia approximately 152 km east of Melbourne. Morwell has a population of 14,389 people at the 2021 census. Morwell is situated 4 km north of Hazelwood Switchyard.

Churchill

Town

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Churchill is a town in the Latrobe Valley, located in central Gippsland in the east of Victoria, Australia. The town had a population of 4,924 at the 2021 census, and is part of the Latrobe City local government area. Churchill is situated 5 km southeast of Hazelwood Switchyard.

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