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Origin to shut Australia's biggest coal-fired power plant in 2025

Origin Energy said on Thursday it plans to shut the country's biggest coal-fired power plant in 2025, seven years earlier than influx of wind and solar power to run. Origin's announcement follows moves by its rivals to bring forward the planned closure of their coal-fired plants, all struggling with sliding power prices which have hurt plants that don't have the flexibility to switch off when there is surplus energ ..