Origin Energy will shut Australia's largest coal-fired power plant seven years early, with the Eraring facility in the NSW Hunter Valley now set to close by 2025.
Origin Energy is seeking approval to shut Australia's largest coal-fired power plant seven years early, with the Eraring facility in the NSW Hunter Valley now set to close by August 2025.Origin has applied to the regulator to shut the Eraring Power Station seven years before its previously planned retirementThe company says it intends to install a big battery of up to 700MW on the site
While electricity generated from coal still supplies 60 per cent of power in the National Energy Market, that is down from 87 per cent when records began in 2006. In its place, the company said it has "well-progressed plans" for battery storage of up to 700 megawatts on the site.
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