timing of Yallourn's closure shows it's high time for a carbon price
- Written by Richard Holden, Professor of Economics, UNSW
Kip Scott/ShutterstockIf you ever doubted the price of renewable energy was falling so rapidly it would eventually replace fossil fuels, the expedited closure of the Yallourn coal-fired power plant should change that.
Energy Australia announced this week it would close the 47-year-old power station in Victoria’s Latrobe Valley in 2028 –...







