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Minister’s proposal comes after some plants said they would close earlier than scheduled as they struggled to compete with renewables

Management of the oil and gas explorer talked up its “significant potential” for bringing new gas supply online and the performance of its gas processing plants.

Origin Energy has announced plans to shut down Australia's biggest coal-fired power station in 2025—seven years earlier than ...

Federal Energy Minister Angus Taylor said the closure of Origin Energy’s Eraring coal-fired power station in 2025 would leave a ‘considerable gap’ in supply.

Origin Energy will close the 2880-megawatt Eraring generator at Lake Macquarie in NSW in 2025, seven years earlier than scheduled.

Energy minister Angus Taylor has slammed his NSW counterpart Matt Kean’s reliance on batteries as “delusional”, amid fresh fears energy prices will spike after Origin Energy’s shock decision to close the country’s biggest coal-fired power plant seven years early.

As renewables surge.

The energy market operator said new battery, gas and pumped hydro projects should fill the gap when the 2800 megawatt Eraring coal-fired power station closes in 2025.

Origin Energy’s move to shut down the country’s largest coal-fired power station in 2025 makes AGL Energy’s looming demerger of its coal power business look like a hospital pass.

Origin Energy could shutter the Eraring facility, in a coal-mining region north of Sydney, as soon as August 2025.