I thought this was interesting & a credit to all those who operated the Liddell Power Station: it “was among the 1 per cent of power stations in the world to have operated for more than 50 years”. Gives you a feeling for the expected life span of this type of infrastructure. More below & the original ABC article includes a short video of the chimneys coming down.
“The Liddell Power Station was the largest power station of its kind when it was fully operational in 1973.

“The cost of maintaining ageing infrastructure and AGL's shifting focus to cleaner energy led to its 2023 closure.

“It was among the 1 per cent of power stations in the world to have operated for more than 50 years.”

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-05-26/liddell-power-station-demolished-to-make-way-for-energy-hub/106699870

#ABC #LiddellPowerStation #energy #coalFired #newPlans

In a #Cleveland suburb, this old #CoalPlant will soon be replaced by a massive #SolarFarm

Inside Climate News
July 26, 2024

"#CoalFired power plant that started running more than a century ago is about to get a long-overdue retirement, and its electricity will be replaced by a solar farm and a #BatteryStorage system on an existing #brownfield.

"The project in #PainesvilleOhio, a suburb of Cleveland, is one of about two dozen clean energy and emissions-reduction initiatives across the country that are sharing $4.3 billion in funding announced on Monday by the #BidenAdministration.

"It was a happy day for Doug Lewis, Painesville’s city manager. He and his colleagues have been considering how to close the city-owned power plant and replace it with a cleaner alternative. They also have wanted to redevelop the site of a long-shuttered #chemical factory near the shores of Lake Erie.

"The federal government will now pay about $80 million to install solar and batteries on the former factory land and to beautify the rest of the brownfield by planting a #meadow of #wildflowers and constructing a #BikeTrail. The trail will provide a connection between Painesville and a regional trail that runs along the lake.

[...]

"The solar farm will have capacity of 35 megawatts and the battery storage system will have capacity of 10 megawatts. It will be capable of running for three hours at that level before recharging.

"The new construction will be on land that once was home to the Diamond Shamrock Corp. chemical plant, which operated there from 1912 to 1977 and occupied about 1,100 acres. The plant’s products included baking soda, chromium compounds, and hydrochloric and sulfuric acids.

"Since the site closed, the community and the federal government have gone through the slow and trying process of removing #pollutants to make it site safe for redevelopment.

The current project can serve as a case study for many things, including regional cooperation. Painesville, in Lake County, worked with officials in neighboring Cuyahoga County and the Cleveland city government to file an application with the federal government that included #RenewableEnergy projects for all of them."

Read more:
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/in-a-cleveland-suburb-this-old-coal-plant-will-soon-be-replaced-by-a-massive-solar-farm/ar-BB1qJ9eK

#SolarFarms
#RenewablesNow
#RenewableEnergy
#LocalEnergy
#NoNewNukes
#NoNukes #Ohio #Bicycles #BikePaths #GreenSpace #Reclamation #SolarSundays