what to expect when Australia's oldest coal plant closes

  • Written by: Joel Gilmore, Associate Professor, Griffith University

After more than five decades, the last operating units of the Liddell coal-fired power station will close this month. The station’s owner, AGL, is Australia’s largest carbon polluter. Liddell’s closure will reduce the company’s emissions by 17%.

Liddell, in the New South Wales Hunter Valley, is Australia’s oldest coal...

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