The Callide B power station in central Queensland will stay open for up to three years longer than its planned closure date and the life of the state’s other coal-fired generators will also be extended under a major policy shift by the Crisafulli government that complicates the national energy transition.
State Energy Minister David Janetzki will on Tuesday announce that Callide B will keep operating beyond 2028 and other state-owned plants will get detailed extensions by the end of the year under a new strategy that delays Queensland’s transition to renewables and will burn fossil fuels for longer.
