AGL may turn to gas, as power units fai

AGL may consider converting its Liddell power station to gas as its coal-fired generation units fail in future years.

The Liddell Power Station in the Hunter Valley. 

The potential of the re-purposing of the existing plant was highlighted during a media site visit on Tuesday to a plant that has become a focal point for the increasing toxic energy policy debate.

During the tour, high-level AGL management outlined the potential, and likelihood, of the site being repurposed from coal-fired power.

AGL chief economist Tim Nelson said "repowering'' was an option for the site, due to its access to transmission services, adding that this could include gas or biomass.

Read Cole Latimer’s story in today’s Melbourne Age - “AGL may turn to gas, as power units fail.”