My apologies . You are correct.
l should have posted : Most coal power stations in Australia are near end of life.
Here are the facts to support that claim ." The majority of baseload generators across the NEM are 30-50 year old assets. Coal-fired generation units across the NEM are an average age of 33 years old, while the average retirement age since 2012 has been 35 years. Coal units are not the only fuel type approaching what are considered typical retirement age. "
https://www.energycouncil.com.au/analysis/aging-generation-australia-s-coal-fired-fleet/
Arguably they all need to be replaced pretty soon. Certainly over the next decade which just happens to line up nicely with our 2030 emission reduction target .
lnteresting that you mention Kogan Creek.
lt cost $1.2 billion back in 2007. For only 750mw . Pretty small by baseload power station standards.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kogan_Creek_Power_Station
lmagine how much it would cost today ???
What if we extrapolated that cost out across the entire east coast electricity grid ? Sounds like clean green renewable energy is a bargain to me.
And then there's the 8000 tonnes of coal they are burning every day . l can only assume they are not getting that coal for free.
Better add that to the bill eh ?
Oh. l nearly forgot . The Kogan Clean Energy Hub is being built alongside the power station. Now why would they be doing that if the future was in coal ?
