Yallourn, one of Australia's last brown coal power stations, to close early in favour of giant battery

Power station produces 13% of Victoria’s and 3% of national emissions and employs 500 people One of Australia’s dirtiest coal-fired power stations, Yallourn in Victoria’s Latrobe valley, will close four years earlier than scheduled and be replaced, in part, by a grid-scale battery. EnergyAustralia announced on Wednesday it would shut the 1970s-built, 1,480-megawatt brown coal plant in mid-2028. Continue reading...
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