{"id":20364,"date":"2017-03-30T16:43:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-30T05:43:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/wattly.com\/?p=326"},"modified":"2021-05-19T05:44:15","modified_gmt":"2021-05-19T05:44:15","slug":"end-of-an-era-hazelwood-power-station-closes-down","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northmoregordon.com\/news\/end-of-an-era-hazelwood-power-station-closes-down\/","title":{"rendered":"End of An Era: The Hazelwood Power Station Closes Down"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"20364\" class=\"elementor elementor-20364\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-49435982 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"49435982\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4259e25\" data-id=\"4259e25\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5ad1bbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5ad1bbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<blockquote><p id=\"yui_3_17_2_2_1499398522718_1487\"><strong>Hazelwood has shut down all of its generators this week.\u00a0 Being both an old inefficient power station and running on brown coal made it one of the highest emitters of carbon per megawatt hour of energy produced in the world.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote><p>A challenging time for Gippsland, but a big step in recognition of the future for energy where generation is distributed throughout the grid, local consumption and much lower carbon emissions. It time for the federal government to realize this change is not only unstoppable but also in the best interests of Australia.<\/p><p>The market requires policies that support distributed and intermittent generation in a way that will assure energy security and reasonable prices.\u00a0 It also needs to recognize the potential available from demand side measures that are sadly left out of most discussions on the energy crisis<\/p><p><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-03-30\/hazelwood-power-plant-shutdown-explained\/8379756\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2017-03-30\/hazelwood-power-plant-shutdown-explained\/8379756<\/a><\/em><\/p><p><em><a href=\"https:\/\/eecca.org.au\/news\/energy-crisis-australia-needs-national-demand-side-operator-not-just-supply-focussed-aemo-27-march-2017\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/eecca.org.au\/news\/energy-crisis-australia-needs-national-demand-side-operator-not-just-supply-focussed-aemo-27-march-2017<\/a><\/em><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hazelwood has shut down all of its generators this week.\u00a0 Being both an old inefficient power station and running on brown coal made it one of the highest emitters of carbon per megawatt hour of energy produced in the world. 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