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Newest coal generators rank amongst Australia’s worst for reliability – RenewEconomy
“All hype and spin.” New “low emissions high efficiency” coal fired generator in Queensland among the worst in Australia in terms of reliability.
Queensland’s newest and most ‘modern’ coal-fired generators have ranked amongst some of Australia’s least reliable, in a new assessment that raises yet more questions around the judgement of the Morrison government, which is pushing for a new coal plant in Queensland’s north.
The Australia Institute says in a new report that there were 93 unplanned breakdowns across Queensland gas and coal generators across 2018 and 2019, which accounted for more than 40 per cent of all unplanned outages across…
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