 With the closure of Playford B imminent the Australian Government came under pressure from the local community through a community vote and a national campaign to replace Playford and eventually Northern with concentrated solar thermal power generation technology.This campaign brought together diverse groups including the Australian Youth Climate Coalition under the name Repower Port Augusta.On 11 June 2015, Alinta Energy announced its intent to permanently close the power station by March 2018, along with the related Northern Power Station, and the Leigh Creek coal mine that supplied them both with fuel.