Yallourn Archives - RenewEconomy

Coal

Victoria brown hydrogen project in Greens’ sights in push for coal ban
The state Greens want to ban all coal activities by 2030 – including brown hydrogen production – and enshrine the prohibition in the constitution.
Rachel Williamson

May 31, 2023

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Coal

“Best way out of bad situation:” Major river diversion for coal mine repairs
EnergyAustralia allowed to divert 3,500 megalitres a day – roughly 1,400 olympic-sized pools worth of water – from Morwell River to save Yallourn coal mine.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 2, 2021

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Coal

Subsidy or not, Yallourn deal will likely set a precedent for more coal closures
Much has been gained with the Yallourn closure deal. It would not be surprising to see other generators approaching the Government along similar lines.
Bruce Mountain

Mar 17, 2021

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Governments

AEMO says 19GW of new projects lining up in Victoria to replace dying coal
Yallourn’s closure will take a chunk out of Victoria’s electricity supplies, but a deep pipeline of new wind and solar projects will make up the gap.
Michael Mazengarb & Giles Parkinson

Mar 12, 2021

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Coal

Victoria and AEMO welcome certainty of Yallourn’s early exit, as Taylor stokes fears
AEMO, the state government and industry welcome early notice of Yallourn closure, with only Angus Taylor warning of dire consequences.
Michael Mazengarb

Mar 10, 2021

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CleanTech Bites

Australia’s dirty grid may kill its biggest customers, and the case for coal
A potential closure of Alcoa’s Portland smelter would have huge ramifications for the Australian grid. It would remove the biggest customer of brown coal, and ironically accelerate the transition to clean energy that it cannot afford to wait for.
Giles Parkinson & David Leitch

Oct 18, 2019

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Coal

EnergyAustralia calls for “unity” to enable “inevitable” transition to renewables
EnergyAustralia’s Catherine Tanna says that decarbonisation of the energy sector is inevitable and calls for ‘tribalism’ to stop.
Michael Mazengarb

Oct 10, 2019

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Coal

EnergyAustralia forced to reaffirm its plans for Yallourn, amid media coal panic
EnergyAustralia issues statement clarifying its plans for Yallourn power station, as speculation mounts that power station could close earlier than 2032.
Michael Mazengarb

Jun 25, 2019

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Utilities

EnergyAustralia trebles profit, even as consumers flee
Australia’s big three gen-tailers continue their orgy of money making at the expense of consumers, with the owner of the ageing Yallourn brown coal generator trebling its profits.
Sophie Vorrath

Aug 7, 2018

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