SYDNEY: Australia's oldest coal-fired power plant will shut down Friday as the country, a once-notorious climate straggler, prepares for a seismic shift toward renewable energy.

The Liddell power station, about a three-hour drive north of Sydney, is one in a series of aging coal-fired plants slated to close in the coming years.

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