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Richard Van Breda

Wednesday, May 18

Stanwell cops a windfall profit, but when the smoke clears it's grim news for coal

Stanwell and CS Energy just-released annual reports make it clear there’s not much good news for Queensland’s coal-fired power generators, writes Robert MacDonald

The truth hurts - especially when you are the one delivering the bad news

When Stanwell boss Richard Van Breda floated the prospect of early shutdowns of Queensland’s coal-fired power generators, it could have been the start of an important discussion. Instead it produced a knee-jerk response from the Energy Minister

The Stanwell Power Station

Coal, gas hit by drop in demand, echoing words of ex-Stanwell boss

A new report from the energy market regulator underlines the concerns Stanwell’s departed chief executive Richard Van Breda had about the dire outlook for coal-fired generation.