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Australian Coal-Fired Power Plants to Be Shut Down in 15 Years, Market Operator Predicts

The AEMO predicted that 90 percent of the coal-fired power plants in the National Electricity Market would retire before 2035.
Australian Coal-Fired Power Plants to Be Shut Down in 15 Years, Market Operator Predicts
A general view of The Yallourn Power Station in Yallourn, Australia, on Aug. 16, 2022. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Alfred Bui
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Australia will close down all coal-fired power stations by 2038 at the latest, with an even faster transition to be expected in the next decade.

The Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) released a 2024 draft roadmap (pdf) that provides an overview of Australia’s energy transition for the next 20 years and beyond.
Alfred Bui
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Alfred Bui is an Australian reporter based in Melbourne and focuses on local and business news. He is a former small business owner and has two master’s degrees in business and business law. Contact him at [email protected].
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