A report on Australia's gas and coal-fired power stations shows Queensland accounts for 41 per cent of the country's power plant outages — the highest in Australia.
However, head of the Queensland Resources Council Ian Macfarlane said coal keeps the lights on and is cost effective.
"This combined coal generation fleet reliably and consistently delivers more than 70 per cent of Queensland's energy needs and keeps the lights on in New South Wales and Victoria by sending surplus electricity over the border to cover generation shortfalls in those states," he said. The report found the Kogan Creek Power Station in Queensland’s Western Darling Downs is "the most unreliable single generating unit".The report by the Australia Institute's Gas and Coal Watch found: "Queensland's newer supercritical coal power stations had disproportionally high rates of breakdown with Australia's newest coal power station at Kogan Creek, the most unreliable single generating unit in the NEM.
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