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 site.... Thi