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energy reporter Daniel Mercer

Australia's great energy transition reaches a 'tipping point' as clock winds forward for coal

In a big week for Australia's energy industry, Bruce Mountain from the Victoria Energy Policy Centre perhaps summed it up the best.

"I think it's a tipping point," Professor Mountain told ABC radio.

He was commenting on the decision by AGL – Australia's most prominent electricity provider – to close its Loy Yang A coal-fired power station by 2035, thereby exiting the fuel altogether.

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