A very short article here from us today to point readers here to the ABC News article ‘Rio Tinto’s Gladstone coal-fired power station could be retired early’ from earlier today:
No doubt it will also be reported elsewhere soon (if not already).
An interesting contrast against what the QLD LNP Government was reported to have noted several times recently (including at the ‘Energy Nation’ conference last week).
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2025/oct/01/gladstone-queensland-biggest-coal-fired-power-station-could-close-six-years-early
Alison Reeve from the Grattan Institute just told ABC News that power mainly goes to alu smelters which need reliable supply 14/7
When you look at the last 7 days “baseload” was 550 MW. But Gladstone also provided up to 1,230 MW during peak demand
This is just the usual posturing we are seeing from industry claiming they will shut down and then having the Government throw money at them to stay open.
Very blatant that they choose to make this announcement with the new QLD Energy Plan to be released in less than a fortnight.