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Stanwell Corporation

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Industry
  
Energy

Products
  
Energy

Number of employees
  
800

Founded
  
1997

Area served
  
Queensland

Revenue
  
A$xxx million (2013)

Headquarters
  
Brisbane

Subsidiaries
  
Tarong Energy

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Key people
  
Richard Van Breda CEO The Honourable Warwick Parer AM Chairman

Operating income
  
(A$24.6) million (2011)

Type of business
  
Queensland Government-owned corporation

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Stanwell Corporation is a Queensland government-owned corporation and is the state's largest electricity generator.

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Stanwell Corporation is a diversified energy company with a range or electricity generation assets: thermal coal, gas and hydroelectric, and fuel assets. These are geographically dispersed across Queensland and together generate more than 4,000 megawatts of electricity.

The business employs approximately 800 people across its various sites in Queensland.

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Major assets

Major assets owned and operated by Stanwell include

  • Barron Gorge Hydroelectric Power Station
  • Kareeya Hydro Power Station
  • Koombooloomba Hydro Power Station
  • Stanwell Power Station
  • Tarong Power Station
  • Tarong North Power Station
  • Meandu Mine
  • Mica Creek Power Station
  • Mackay Gas Turbine
  • Swanbank B and E Power Stations
  • Wivenhoe Small Hydro
  • Windy Hill Wind Farm in Queensland and Toora Wind Farm in Victoria were owned by Stanwell but were sold to Transfield Services in 2007. The company also subsequently sold Emu Downs Wind Farm in Western Australia.

    Following a review by the Treasurer of Queensland of the state’s electricity sector in 2010, Tarong Energy became a wholly owned subsidiary of Stanwell Corporation on 1 July 2011.

    References

    Stanwell Corporation Wikipedia