Latrobe Valley Express Monday 13 December 2021

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Christmas cheer

Headway Gippsland social support group participant Tony Hendriks gives Bailey the Clydesdale a well-earned pat last week. FULL STORY - PAGE 9

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AEMO predicts Valley’s coal power stations will close in 10 years

By MICHELLE SLATER

THE Latrobe Valley’s brown coal generators are expected to close in 10 years to make way for the rapid uptake in renewables, according to a market operator modelled forecast released recently. Australian Energy Market Operator modelling predicts “all brown coal generation and over two-thirds of black coal generation could withdraw by 2032”.

The draft Integrated System Plan 2022 outlines four scenarios to 2050, with the most probable path anticipating a ninefold increase in large-scale renewables such as wind and solar. It also forecasts a near doubling the demand for electricity as transport, heating, cooking and industrial processes are decarbonised. “Current announcements by thermal plant owners suggest that about five

gigawatts of the current 23 gigawatts of coal capacity will withdraw by 2030,” the report states. However, modelling suggests that 14 gigawatts of coal generation could withdraw from the market by 2030 and be completely exited by 2043. “Over the past decade, coal-fired generators have withdrawn from the market before their announced dates, and competitive and operational

pressures will intensify with the ever-increasing penetration of cheap renewable generation,” AEMO said. AEMO chief executive officer Daniel Westerman said the significant changes already underway in the National Electricity Market have continued to accelerate. Continued on page 3

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