
Brookfield Asset Management, which is in the process of acquiring Origin Energy, says it will be flexible about the closure of Eraring power station while indicating it wants to exit coal-fired assets as soon as possible.
Origin has signed a $18.7 billion takeover deal with Brookfield Asset Management and MidOcean Energy, which have pledged to build 14 gigawatts of new renewable and storage generation in Australia over the next decade.