Modern coal fired power stations provide efficient low cost reliable electricity with significantly lower emissions than Australia’s current fleet. Countries such as China and India are building new coal fired power stations, adding network capacity of many times Australia’s coal generation capacity each year.
Despite having worse renewable energy resources than Australia, China is adding far more renewable capacity than coal capacity. In 2024 those figures were 210GW versus 66 GW respectively. We don't need to upgrade the coal power stations, we can and should replace them.
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