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energy reporter Daniel Mercer

System operator predicts Bluewaters, Australia's newest coal-fired power plant will close by 2029

Western Australia's only privately owned coal-fired power station will close before the end of the decade, according to plans that would bring the curtain down on the fuel's use in the state's economy. 

Bluewaters power station is Australia's newest coal-fired generator but the Australia Energy Market Operator has suggested the 440MW plant near Collie, 180km south of Perth, will retire by 2029.

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