EnergyAustralia racing to maintain Yallourn coal power supply
The owner of Victoria’s Yallourn coal-fired power station says it is doing everything it can to bring its fourth generating unit back to service.
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The owner of Victoria’s Yallourn coal-fired power station says it is doing everything it can to bring its fourth generating unit back to service.
The energy market operator sees positive signs for the electricity grid after it dodged rolling blackouts across the east coast last week.
Australia’s first community-owned renewables supplier Enova has gone into administration while at the big end of the market, EnergyAustralia has been hit with heavy losses.
Two coal-fired power station units returned to service over the weekend, bolstering electricity supply to the beleaguered east coast market.
Energy users want Victoria to keep all fuel sources on the table and not exclude coal and gas in the power market overhaul amid fears of winter droughts in renewables.