Flight to View Power Stations July 2019 There's a lot of talk these days about the need for new power plants. There are several power plants of different types near here, so I wanted to fly out and have a look at them. This is the Tarong power plant, near Nanango, Qld. Built in the 80's, it's an example of the mess that old-fashioned coal-fired plants generate.... Coal mine in the background and ash disposal in foreground..... There are actually two power plants on this site. On the left is the old Tarong coal-fired plant , m ax power 1400 mW , with lots of smoke... Several efforts have been made to reduce those emissions, but not very successful it seems.... On the right is the Tarong North power plant , 443 mW, on line 2003. With a much cleaner exhaust due to the more modern supercritical design, and filtering and bagging particulate from the exhaust. Looks much better.... View of the Tarong plant from the mine s...