AGL vows to exit coal-fired power plants as sun shines on solar

By Peter Hannam
Updated April 17 2015 - 6:13pm, first published 4:16pm
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.
Australia's largest solar power plant gets the last of its 1,366,380 panels. Photo: AGL
Australia's largest solar power plant gets the last of its 1,366,380 panels. Photo: AGL
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.
Coal's time is running out, AGL says.

AGL, the country's largest greenhouse gas emitter, has vowed to close all its existing coal-fired power stations by 2050 and will not build or buy new conventional plants in the meantime.

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