Comments on: A history of gas fired power generation in Victoria https://wongm.com/2020/06/natural-gas-electricity-generation-victoria/ Marcus Wong. Gunzel. Engineering geek. History nerd. Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:33:04 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 By: Photos from ten years ago: August 2012 - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2020/06/natural-gas-electricity-generation-victoria/#comment-848492 Mon, 29 Aug 2022 21:33:04 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=15044#comment-848492 […] I also stumbled upon the Bairnsdale Power Station as I drove further west – one of a number of gas fired power stations in Victoria. […]

]]> By: On the trail of a high voltage transmission line - Waking up in Geelong https://wongm.com/2020/06/natural-gas-electricity-generation-victoria/#comment-816511 Mon, 21 Feb 2022 20:32:24 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=15044#comment-816511 […] the fossil gas fired Mortlake Power Station that relies on […]

]]> By: Marcus Wong https://wongm.com/2020/06/natural-gas-electricity-generation-victoria/#comment-656379 Wed, 17 Jun 2020 00:01:25 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=15044#comment-656379 In reply to Tom the first and best.

I glossed over that part of history, but cover it in more detail here:

https://wongm.com/2011/07/melbourne-municipal-electricity-undertakings/

]]> By: Tom the first and best https://wongm.com/2020/06/natural-gas-electricity-generation-victoria/#comment-656011 Tue, 16 Jun 2020 07:11:54 +0000 https://wongm.com/?p=15044#comment-656011 Some councils that started before the SEC was set up were also involved in electricity production and distribution. The City of Melbourne, whose Electricity Supply Department`s power station (prior to its 1941 transfer to the SEC) is shown in your second image.

]]>