Qld summer power needs will be met: Lynham
AAP 28 December 2017
Queensland will have enough capacity to cope with peak summer energy demands, Energy Minister Anthony Lynham says.
Dr Lynham witnessed the firing up of
Swanbank gas-fired power station near Ipswich on Thursday after three years in cold storage, saying the move adds an extra 385 megawatts of power over the summer peak period for the state.
The 15-year-old facility west of Brisbane was turned on following a recommendation by the Queensland Energy Security Taskforce's preparedness plan for summer.
Dr Lynham said Thursday's decision was just one step the Palaszczuk government had taken to ensure Queensland's summer power needs would be met...
