and visited a power station in the Latrobe Valley, one of the biggest mine/power station in victoria =D

some info:
Power Generation Information

Electricity generation at Loy Yang Power requires 60,000 tonnes of brown coal a day, supplied exclusively by Loy Yang mine.

The coal is transported by conveyor to the power station where it is dried, pulverised and blown into the boiler for combustion.

The boiler consists of a labyrinth of tubes where water is heated and converted to high pressure steam by boiler furnace temperatures of up to 1,300°C.The steam at temperatures of 540°C and pressure of 160 times atmosphere pressure turns the blades of the turbines, the driving force for the generator.

The four turbo-generators at Loy Yang Power each have a capacity of more than 500 megawatts of electricity, Unit One being the largest at 560MW. One megawatt equals one million watts - enough to power around 1,000 homes.

from www.loyyangpower.com.au/ (click for more info)

I'll let the pictures do the talking...























the last picture is taken in a high voltage lab in Morwell. Still got tonnes of work to do T.T. aza aza =D