Second time lucky? The return (again) of Loy Yang A2 unit

Posted by Paul McArdle Tuesday, January 21 2020 Topic: Summer 2019-20 in the NEM

It was first day back after a couple days away yesterday – and I am mostly focused on completing the Generator Statistical Digest 2019 (for a scheduled release next week, on Tuesday 28th January).   Did take some time to quickly review yesterday’s hail storm, and Sunday’s dust storm.

A question this morning from one of our clients made me realise that I’d missed another event on Monday – being the return to service of Loy Yang A2, as captured in this 2-day view of the unit through the ‘Unit Dashboard’ Widget in the installed ez2view:

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For me it seems a bit like ‘Déjà vu all over again’ given that the unit had first returned to service on 24th December after a long outage that had started on 18th May 2019 (7 months prior) – but that return had hit a snag after only a couple days, tripping again on 27th December.   Only 8 days ago, I had wondered what was happening with the repairs.

Let’s hope that all the teething issues have been ironed out…

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Paul McArdle
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients. Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.

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