Barron Gorge Hydro Station damaged and offline after flooding from Cyclone Japser in North Queensland

Posted by Dan Lee Wednesday, December 20 2023 Topic: 2023-12-20 Barron Gorge after TC Jasper, Summer 2023-24 in the NEM

Barron Gorge, the 66MW Hydro power station near Cairns in North Queensland, has been damaged by flooding caused by heavy rainfall from ex-tropical Cylone Japser. Owner’s CleanCo announced on LinkedIn yesterday that the water intake structure at the Kuranda Weir washed away due to heavy flooding, leaving the station inoperable. The company’s LinkedIn post about the situation states that the station’s two units will remain offline until “an assessment of the damage and repair plan”.

 

The units have been unavailable for dispatch since Monday (the 18th of December). The latest MTPASA run published by the AEMO shows that the station’s two units are now marked as offline until July 1st 2024.

 

Source: ez2view’s Generator Outages widget

 

The other major Hydro Power station in the area, Kareeya Hydro Power Staton which lies approximately 100km south of Barron Gorge currently has all four units operating as of 3pm this afternoon.

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Dan Lee first started at Global-Roam in June 2013. He has departed (and returned) for a couple of stints overseas in that time, but rejoined our team permanently in late 2019. More recently, Dan's focus has been on growing his understanding of the market and developing his analytical capabilities. He is currently enrolled in the Master of Sustainable Energy program at the University of Queensland.

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