No risk of blackouts despite breakdown of ‘old-fashioned’ power station, Queensland minister says
by Ben Smee from on (#65GXN)
Latest incident at coal-fired power station Callide reignites debate about their future and transition to renewable energy
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The Queensland energy minister, Mick de Brenni, says there is no imminent risk of blackouts linked to the latest serious breakdown of the Callide coal-fired power station.
The four units at one of Queensland's largest generators, the failure-prone Callide power station near Biloela, were all offline after a series of incidents last week.
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