Flinders Power funds upgrading of Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden Flinders Power has donated $50,000 to help make Port Augusta’s Australian Arid Lands Botanic Garden an even better place to visit. The money is being used to buy three new drinking fountains and four table-and-chair settings for a new picnic shelter area, as well
Read moreJOBS BOON FORECAST FOR $250m PORT FACILITY Jobs and investment are set to flow into Port Augusta following an agreement by Flinders Power Partnership (Flinders Power) to sell CU-River Mining Pty Ltd (CU-River) the former power station site. The company plans to turn the huge site into a bulk commodity, transhipment port facility, with the
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE – 20th August 2018 AUGUSTA POWER STATIONS – PROJECT UPDATE The rehabilitation of the former Ash Storage Area at the Port Augusta Power stations site continues to progress well. Some 260 hectares of the 273 hectare site are now capped with soil, eliminating the risk of ash dust events. The remaining 13ha represents
Read moreNEWS ALERT 24th April 2018 SUCCESSFUL FELLING OF THE NORTHERN POWER STATION CENTRE BUNKER A 47m high, 3000T steel coal bunker structure at the Augusta Power stations site was successfully demolished at 9am this morning using explosive charges. The charges were precision designed by specialist engineers to remove lower sections of support beams, to enable a
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE – Demolition of Coal Bunkers on Tuesday (24/4) 20 April 2018 The Northern Power Station Centre Coal Bunkers – the structure directly behind the iconic Northern stack – will be felled next Tuesday (April 24th) using charge-cutting explosives. The felling of the structure, which is 47 metres high, 25 metres long and 20
Read moreMEDIA STATEMENT FROM FLINDERS POWER There has been some conjecture regarding the effectiveness of Flinders Power’s closure works on the Augusta Power Station ash storage area. In planning for the delivery of a safe, stable and self-sustaining landform for the ash storage area, Flinders Power sought advice – from around the world – from independent
Read moreNEWS ALERT – 25th January 2018 SUCCESSFUL FELLING OF PLAYFORD B CHIMNEY An 80m high concrete and brick chimney at the Augusta Power stations site was successfully demolished at 9am this morning using explosive charges. The demolition involved what is known as the Playford B stack. The explosive charges were designed to weaken the base of the
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE 19th January 2017 EXPLOSIVES TO FELL PLAYFORD B CHIMNEY An 80m high concrete and brick chimney at the Augusta Power stations site will be demolished next week using explosive charges. The demolition involves what is known as the Playford B stack and – weather permitting – will occur at 9am on Thursday January
Read moreNEWS RELEASE – 11 January 2018 Flinders Power donation a boost for the SES State Emergency Service (SES) volunteers in the north of the State have received a welcome boost at one of their busiest times of the year. Flinders Power will provide them with $60,000 worth of rescue and emergency equipment, including breathing apparatus,
Read moreFLINDERS POWER MEDIA STATEMENT – 1/5/18 Flinders Power says that while it is confident that its strategy for remediation – including extensive revegetation – at the Augusta Power Stations site is the right one, controlling dust under extreme conditions remains a challenge. With high winds forecast for the coming weekend, daily operation of water carts
Read moreNews Alert – Extreme Weather – 28 December 2017 Flinders Power is aware of the dust event yesterday afternoon and was monitoring conditions throughout the day. We had water carts in operation due to the anticipated cool change. However when the change hit it came with such ferocity that it has lifted soil on the
Read moreMEDIA RELEASE – 22nd December 2017 AUGUSTA POWER STATIONS – PROJECT UPDATE This year (2017) has seen a number of key milestones achieved for the Port Augusta (Northern and Playford) Power Station demolition and rehabilitation project, namely: The Playford Power Station is now asbestos-free, with an eighteen-month program of removal works being completed this month.
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