• MXYp3Lk66yKv@aussie.zone
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    1 year ago

    Ohhhh. It’s at a former coal site.

    I couldn’t work out the reason behind adding a battery to a coal power station, when the coalies claim that coal was needed for when renewables+battery wouldn’t work.

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      1 year ago

      Engie, who own the Hazelwood site (with some partners) are on the hook to “rehabilitate” it when they are done burning coal.

      And they are definitely done burning coal, because it’s no longer cost effective to maintain the old equipment and it’s definitely too risky to build new burners.

      So here’s what they plan for the site long term: https://www.hazelwoodrehabilitation.com.au/

      And in the short term, they are still a power company, so why not plonk their new batteries there, the site they own and which already has big connections to the power networks.