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New records for solar and coal underscore urgent energy challenge facing NSW
Australia’s biggest coal state continues to reach new solar heights, but a different sort of generation record shows its ongoing dependence on aging, increasingly unreliable fossil plants.
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Baseload power generators not needed to guarantee supply, say science and engineering academies
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Dec 2, 2024
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Nov 28, 2024
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NSW consumers asked to dial back electricity use as coal and gas plants go missing in heatwave
NSW asks consumers to dial back electricity use in heatwave as major coal units go missing, including at the Eraring facility it has agreed to underwrite to stay open for longer.
Giles Parkinson
Nov 27, 2024
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