Brookfield Spurned hauv $ 14 Billion Plan los kaw cov Coal Cog

(Bloomberg) - Australian kev siv hluav taws xob AGL Energy Ltd. tsis lees txais ntau txhiab daus las kev twv txiaj los ntawm Brookfield Asset Management Inc. thiab cov tuam txhab thev naus laus zis Mike Cannon-Brookes, uas npaj yuav nrawm kaw lub tuam txhab cov pa phem thee hluav taws xob.

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Lub tswv yim ntawm A $ 7.50 ib feem, 4.7% tus nqi them rau hnub Friday tus nqi kaw, "cov khoom tsis muaj nqis" lub tuam txhab, AGL tau hais hauv nqe lus rau Australian Securities Exchange. Lub koom haum ntawm Brookfield thiab Cannon-Brookes cov peev nyiaj lag luam Grok Ventures muaj $ 20 billion ($ 14 billion) txoj kev hloov pauv rau AGL thiab "tseem muaj kev cia siab tias qhov kev pom zoo tuaj yeem ncav cuag," nws hais.

Kev sib cav tswv yim rau pej xeem txog kev hloov pauv huab cua thiab lub luag haujlwm ntawm cov chaw siv hluav taws xob hluav taws xob, uas tseem muab feem ntau ntawm Australia cov hluav taws xob, muaj zog ntxiv tom qab qhov hluav taws kub tsis tau pom dua xyoo 2019-2020. Tsoom fwv, uas ib txwm txhawb nqa fossil fuels, buckled rau kev xav thiab xyoo tas los tau teeb tsa lub hom phiaj zero los ntawm 2050, tab sis kev hu xov tooj tau nce ntxiv rau piggyback ntawm lub teb chaws qhov zoo ntawm thaj chaw thiab cov nqi poob ntawm cov tiam tshiab los tsim kom muaj kev lag luam ntsuab ntsuab. .

Cannon-Brookes tau hais tias "Yog tias ua tiav, qhov no yuav yog ib qhov haujlwm loj tshaj plaws ntawm decarbonisation nyob hauv lub ntiaj teb niaj hnub no thiab qhia tias Australia muaj peev xwm ua haujlwm tseem ceeb hauv ntiaj teb," Cannon-Brookes tau hais. "Lub tswv yim no yuav txhais tau tias pheej yig dua, huv dua thiab txhim khu kev qha zog rau cov neeg siv khoom."

Qhov kev thov yog nyiaj txiag tag nrho, lub koom haum tau hais. Raws li txoj kev npaj, 7 gigawatts ntawm AGL lub peev xwm yuav raug hloov nrog tsawg kawg yog 8 gigawatts ntawm lub zog huv thiab cia kom ua kom cov nqi hluav taws xob xoom los ntawm 2035.

AGL, uas tsim nyob rau hauv 1837, yog lub luag hauj lwm rau qhov loj tshaj plaws ntawm Australia lub peev xwm ib lub tsev xog paj emissions, thiab lub hli no poob siab rau huab cua campaigners thaum nws tshaj tawm cov kev npaj yuav coj mus rau pem hauv ntej decommissioning ntawm ob loj loj thee nroj tsuag los ntawm ob peb xyoos xwb. Cov tswv lag luam yuav tau txais txiaj ntsig ntau dua los ntawm nws tus kheej txoj kev npaj los faib cov peev txheej tsim hluav taws xob rau hauv ib lub tuam txhab cais, Sydney-based utility said.

Lub tuam txhab tus nqi yuav luag ib nrab xyoo tas los vim nws raug cuam tshuam los ntawm cov nqi cua thiab hnub ci tsim hluav taws xob uas tau rub cov nqi hluav taws xob thiab cov neeg ua lag luam poob qab los rau cov khoom muaj kuab paug. Cov khoom siv hluav taws xob thoob ntiaj teb tab tom sim teb rau kev hloov pauv lub zog nrawm, thiab AGL yav dhau los tau hais txog qhov kev pom zoo los faib tawm nws cov chaw tsim hluav taws xob hluav taws xob rau hauv ib chav tsev cais thiab rov tsim qee qhov chaw ua cov chaw siv hluav taws xob qis.

AGL txoj kev npaj los faib nws cov cuab tam yog nyob rau hauv txoj kev yuav ua kom tiav thaum kawg ntawm Lub Rau Hli, Thawj Tswj Hwm Peter Botten tau hais hauv nqe lus. Accel Energy, uas yuav ua rau lub tuam txhab cov peev txheej tsim hluav taws xob tsim hluav taws xob, yuav tsom rau kev txiav cov pa hluav taws xob hauv tsev cog khoom kom ntau li 60% los ntawm 2034.

Cov tswv lag luam xav pom AGL txo qis nws cov pa roj carbon hneev taw, tab sis kuj tseem yuav txhawb nqa lub rooj tsavxwm thawb rau tus nqi siab dua.

"Lub Rooj Tswjhwm Saib Xyuas yuav tsum txuas ntxiv mus koom nrog Brookfield thiab Cannon-Brookes, txawm li cas los xij lawv yuav xav tau ntau qhov kev thov yog tias lawv xav kom tau txais kev nqis peev hauv zej zog, txawm tias peb pom zoo nrog cov tswv yim uas lawv tau hais tseg," Jamie Hannah, tus thawj coj saib xyuas. ntawm kev nqis peev thiab peev kev lag luam ntawm Van Eck Associates Corp, uas yog tswv koom hauv AGL.

AGL tau hais rau lub hlis no tias nws qhov chaw Bayswater hauv New South Wales lub xeev yuav kaw los ntawm 2033, ob xyoos ua ntej tshaj li qhov tau npaj ua ntej, thaum Loy Yang A nyob sib ze Victoria yuav tsum nres los ntawm 2045 es tsis yog xyoo 2048. Lub tuam txhab tau ntsib yav dhau los 2020 cov tswv cuab daws teeb meem, txhawb nqa los ntawm cov tub ua lag luam suav nrog BlackRock Inc., hu rau nws kom ceev kom kaw nws cov peev txheej thee.

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Rival Origin Energy Ltd. tau hais rau lub lim tiam dhau los tias nws cov Eraring thee cog tuaj yeem so haujlwm xyoo 2025, xya xyoo ua ntej tshaj li qhov kev npaj ua ntej. Txoj kev tawm ntawm lub zog hluav taws xob sai sai tau ua rau muaj kev thuam los ntawm Thawj Kav Tebchaws Scott Morrison tsoomfwv uas tau sib cav tias qhov kev txav no tuaj yeem ua rau muaj kev pheej yig thiab kev ntseeg siab ntawm Australia cov khoom siv hluav taws xob muaj kev pheej hmoo.

"Peb tsoomfwv tau mob siab rau ua kom peb tawm hws cov khoom muaj nqis rau lawv lub neej kom ntseeg tau tias kev lag luam tuaj yeem nkag tau rau hluav taws xob thiab lub zog uas lawv xav tau ntawm tus nqi pheej yig," nws hais rau hnub Monday.

AGL shares dhia ntau npaum li 13% hnub Monday rau A $ 8.09 ib feem. Cov khoom lag luam kaw ntawm A $ 7.16 rau hnub Friday, muab nqi rau lub tuam txhab ntawm $ 4.7 billion.

(Hloov tshiab nrog cov lus pom los ntawm kev koom tes los ntawm kab lus thib ob)

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