The Latest Breaking News from Liddell

'Years of underperformance': Impossible win for the Blues but they were outgunned

Letters | NSW needs to try hitting its stride from the start.

Newcastle Herald · May 28

Drone captures bird's-eye view of Liddell stacks coming down

Liddell power station stack demolition goes off without a hitch.

Newcastle Herald · May 26

Art for the Grand Coal Dame: Liddell's legacy commemorated in art exhibitions

The story of Liddell told in art.

Newcastle Herald · Jun 1, 2024

'Major milestone': Eraring battery construction gets underway

Stage one of the Eraring Battery will involve the construction of a 460 megawatt battery storage system with a dispatch duration of two hours.

Newcastle Herald · Apr 20, 2023

Both optimism and concern for future jobs in the rapidly changing Upper Hunter jobs market

People in the most marginal seat in regional NSW, Upper Hunter, usually work in coal mines, power stations, or on farms. There's both concern and optimism about traditional jobs.

ABC News · Mar 18, 2023

Coal-fired Liddell Power Station shouldn't be demolished, Nationals senator Matt Canavan says

Pro-coal Nationals senator Matt Canavan is calling on the federal government to hold the Hunter Valley's Liddell Power Station in "care and maintenance", rather than approving its demolition.

ABC News · Mar 12, 2023

Hunter Power Project more than a year behind schedule

The Hunter Power Project at Kurri will not be fully operational until December 2024, more than 18 months after the closure of Liddell Power Station.

Newcastle Herald · Feb 13, 2023

Power station demolition a step closer as Liddell's curtain call looms

"After over 50 years of generating electricity for Australia, Liddell power station has reached the end of its operational life and will close in April 2023."

Newcastle Herald · Jan 18, 2023

Grid-scale battery 'really exciting' option as AGL Liddell power station site winds down — analysts

Plaudits for NSW government's decision to approve a 500MW battery storing solar and wind power on the site of the ageing Liddell coal-fired power station.

ABC News · Mar 19, 2022