<div>Yallourn, one of Australia's last brown coal power stations, to close early in favour of giant battery</div>

Power station produces 13% of Victoria’s and 3% of national emissions and employs 500 peopleOne of Australia’s dirtiest coal-fired power stations, Yallourn in Victoria’s Latrobe valley, will close four years earlier than scheduled and be replaced, in part, by a grid-scale battery.EnergyAustralia announced on Wednesday it would shut the 1970s-built, 1,480-megawatt brown coal plant in mid-2028. Related: Renewable energy could render five of Australia’s remaining coal plants unviable by 2025 Related: Cancel all planned coal projects globally to end ‘deadly addiction’, says UN chief Related: Recent Australian emissions cuts likely to be reversed in recovery from Covid and drought Continue reading...