What I never understood was why they didn't tap into Portland's geothermals for a ready source of steam to run a local electricity generating turbine. These da

What I never understood was why they didn't tap into Portland's geothermals for a ready source of steam to run a local electricity generating turbine. These days they would have to be worried about a bushfire hitting Loy Yang. It was a close call in 2009 when they could have lost the mine and plant. There's a gas powerstation at Mortlake and talks of building another for Alcoa as it could feed straight off the Otway Basin gas fields. I see a few wind farms have popped up, no doubt due to the areas reputation for being constantly windy.