Australia pivots to renewable energy

By Agence France-Presse

Apr 29, 2023 12:28 am

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.

GOING GREEN This file picture taken on Nov. 4, 2021, shows steam rising from the cooling towers of the Liddell Power Station next to Lake Liddell in the town of Singleton, some 70 kilometers (43 miles) from Newcastle, the world’s largest coal exporting port. Australia’s oldest coal-fired power plant will shut down on Friday, April 28, 2023, as the country, a once-notorious climate straggler, prepares for a seismic shift toward renewable energy. AFP PHOTO

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