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18 December 2019

Environment Victoria: Early Yallourn closure can be absorbed by increasing renewable energy supply, new analysis finds

New research shows that clean energy solutions can replace Yallourn, Australia’s dirtiest power station by 2023, avoiding supply shortages and price spikes with smart investment in replacement renewable supply and storage.

The research shows we can get all the clean energy and storage we need to replace Yallourn by 2023 from projects already proposed, along with smart energy solutions like demand management, virtual power plants of rooftop solar and home batteries to smooth out the closure of this coal clunker, and improving connections between power grids in Victoria and other states. This would cut pollution, bring new jobs and investment to Victoria, make our energy more reliable and keep power prices down.


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17 Feb 2022

Nature Conservation Council: Origin saves 87 million tonnes of climate pollution with Eraring closure

Origin’s announcement that it will close its Eraring power station in 2025 is a sign of the unstoppable momentum of change to cleaner and cheaper energy.
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1 Dec 2021

Greenpeace AP: https://www.greenpeace.org.au/news/the-world-calls-time-on-coal-at-cop26/

30 Nov 2021

Greenpeace AP: Emissions drop shows coal being squeezed out of the energy system

The latest quarterly Australian emissions data shows that climate pollution has dropped due to a decline of coal in the energy system as it is superseded by renewables shows the need for...
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