Bad news. Closing coal-fired power stations costs jobs. We need to prepare
- Written by Paul Burke, Associate Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Australia’s electricity sector has begun to transition away from coal, with coal’s contribution to our electricity mix falling from around four-fifths 13 years ago to around three-fifths today.
Twelve coal-fired power stations closed between 2012 and 2017.
There are clear upsides to the transition, among them an ongoing decline in...
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