Queensland is making cheaper power harder to build

September 8, 2026 — 12:01am

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Queensland households, businesses and industry are racing toward solar, wind and batteries, but the state government is driving in reverse.

By scrapping renewable energy targets, abandoning coal closure schedules and running state-owned coal stations past their shelf life, the government has injected massive risk into the market.

Investors can no longer predict when replacement power will be needed, choking off finance for new clean energy projects.

This reliance on coal actively punishes investment in clean energy. Because coal stations cannot quickly cycle on and off, they idle at minimum output during........

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