When coal plants do not operate: the four units of Australian Eraring accounted for 6,000 hours of interruptions in 2024

The Eraring power plant, the giant coal plant in New South Wales that has been postponed from this year until at least 2027, experienced about 6,000 hours of interruptions in its four units throughout 2024, according to a new analysis. Related:The Origin battery in Eraring expands and will become the largest in the southern hemisphereThe 2.88 gigawatt (GW) coal generator was to be closed this year, but its owner, Origin Energy, reached an agreem…