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AGL (ASX:AGL) shuts coal power unit after serious injury
An investor lobby group has told AGL Energy Limited (ASX: AGL) to “wake up” and permanently close its Liddell coal-fired power station after a worker was injured this week.
On Thursday, a staffer was seriously injured from an incident with a transformer at the site’s unit 3 generator. The generator was immediately shut.
The company announced to the market on Friday morning that the unit could be down for up to 2.5 months. This would skip over the entire summer, when power demand peaks from air conditioning usage.
The exact outage period is yet to be confirmed as investigations are currently taking place.
The almost half-century-old Liddell site in NSW is due to be closed in 2022 or 2023.
The Australasian Centre for Corporate…
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