Watch: Liddell power station chimneys come crashing down

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The Liddell power station in New South Wales, Australia, known for generating electricity by burning black coal for over fifty years, had its two 168-meter-tall chimneys demolished in a controlled explosion. The decommissioning marks a significant step in the region's shift away from coal energy.

For more than half a century, the Liddell power station burned black coal to generate electricity to power New South Wales. Today, its two 168-metre tall concrete chimney stacks were demolished in a controlled explosion.