‘Real and growing’ threat to grid if Australia goes for nuclear power

Aemo says there is a ‘real and growing’ possibility that replacement power generation will not be ready when coal stations are retired.Aemo says there is a ‘real and growing’ possibility that replacement power generation will not be ready when coal stations are retired.

“ time it would take to design and build nuclear generation would be too slow to replace retiring coal-fired generation,” Aemo noted in an accompanying factsheet. That change boosted the net benefits of the 10,000km of new transmission lines by $3.3bn to $22bn compared with the draft ISP.

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