From 2015:
Winton council to go ahead with $3.5m geothermal power plant in bid to ease electricity costs
www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-21/outback-qld-council-looks-to-…
A western Queensland shire council says it will go ahead with a plan to build a $3.5 million geothermal plant. The Winton Shire Council said it would need to borrow some money for the construction but a geothermal power plant could save $15 million over 20 years in electricity costs…
Mayor Butch Lenton said the plant should be operational by the end of 2016…“We wouldn’t have pulled it on if there were risks. There’s been plenty of homework on it and [we’ve] been over it and over it,” he said.
From last month:
Council launches legal action over $4m geothermal plant that’s never delivered power
www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-30/winton-council-legal-action-g…
A $4-million geothermal power plant in Winton was built…set to be the only operating geothermal power plant in the country…
But more than two years since construction finished, it has never delivered power and is not operational…“It did become operational, but during that commissioning stage there were problems, so it wouldn’t have been able to maintain operation and definitely wouldn’t have been able to run as anticipated. It was just decided just to shut it down and try to rectify these issues.” Winton Shire Council is now suing Peak Services over the failed project…
The Winton plant was one of several the LGAQ had planned for western Queensland. Others slated for Thargomindah, Quilpie, Normanton, and Ilfracombe near Longreach, have all stalled.
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