SA final coal-fired power station shut down and goes cold

The last of South Australia's coal-fired
power stations shut down today.

The coal furnaces at Alinta Energy's Port Augusta power station in South Australia's north will go cold today as it goes offline.

The Northern Power Station was disconnected from the network about 9:40am.

Less than a year ago, Alinta Energy announced the station — which is the city's bigger employer — would close after the company struggled to compete with government-backed renewable energy.

Read the ABC story - “Port Augusta's coal-fired power station closes in South Australia.”