Electricity has become a jigsaw. Coal is unable to provide the missing pieces
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
There’s something the energy minister said when they announced the early closure of Victoria’s second-biggest coal-fired power station last week that was less than complete.
Yallourn, in the Latrobe Valley, provides up to 20% of Victoria’s power. It has been operating for 47 years. Since late 2017 at least one...