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From shuttered coal plant to gigascale battery: AGL commissions first stage of giant Liddell BESS
A massive new battery built at the site of a shuttered coal plant is now partly commissioned and will be completed by the end of May.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 20, 2026

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Renewables

Australia’s biggest coal generator teams up with SunDrive to make solar at Liddell
AGL signs MoU with Cannon-Brookes backed PV innovator SunDrive to explore “first of its kind” solar manufacturing at site of the shuttered Liddell plant.
Sophie Vorrath

Mar 28, 2024

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Storage

Another giant battery proposed for Upper Hunter, 11km up road from Liddell
The first project for Maizewood is a 400MW/800MWh big battery in Aberdeen, just up the road from the shuttered Liddell coal fired generator and planned battery.
Rachel Williamson

Aug 28, 2023

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Coal

Renewables and batteries, not gas, the best solution to Liddell closure, new report says
New modelling suggests battery storage, rather than a new gas generator, would be a lower cost replacement for Liddell power station.
Michael Mazengarb

Nov 27, 2020

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AGL says batteries starting to compete with gas generators for peaking services
Big batteries competing with gas generators for peaking services, according to AGL chief operating officer Markus Brokhof.
Michael Mazengarb

Aug 17, 2020

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Department officials walk back Coalition coal funding promises, say no decisions made
Federal energy department officials downplay Morrison government coal power funding commitments, saying no final decisions made on Collinsville or Liddell.
Michael Mazengarb

Mar 3, 2020

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Coal

Coal plants must give 3 years’ notice of closure, under new market rule
AGL has given 7 years’ notice of its plans to shutter Liddell – but a new rule finalised by the AEMC means Australia’s ageing coal plants must notify AEMO at least 3 years ahead of permanent closure.
Sophie Vorrath

Nov 8, 2018

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Coal

NSW grid struggles as coal goes missing after bad trips
AEMO issues lack of reserve warnings in NSW on five consecutive days as coal units fail and prices soar to market cap.
Giles Parkinson

Jun 8, 2018

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Coal

Unions support Liddell’s clean energy transition
Unions welcome transition of Liddell site from coal to clean energy, as Coalition government lurches from worst of Trump’s America and Maduro’s Venezuela.
Giles Parkinson

May 22, 2018

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Policy & Planning

Coal giant AGL cashes in on higher electricity prices
Results from Australia’s biggest coal generator, AGL, shows how coal and gas companies have profited from the surge in electricity and gas prices.
Giles Parkinson

Feb 8, 2018

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Coal

Liddell, the coal plant that “predates colour TV”, trips again
Another week, another coal unit failure, this time at AGL’s Liddell plant – you know, the one the Turnbull government wants kept open to boost grid reliability.
Sophie Vorrath

Jan 31, 2018

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Storage

AGL plans 1.6GW wind and solar, plus storage, to replace Liddell
AGL confirms plans to invest in 1.6GW of wind and solar, plus storage and other technologies, to replace the ageing coal clunker, Liddell, which it will close in 2022, much to the annoyance of the federal Coalition.
Giles Parkinson

Dec 10, 2017

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