CleanCo has announced the return to service of the 66MW Barron Gorge Power Station (Unit 1 and 2), after a six-month outage to repair significant damage caused by Cyclone Jasper in December 2023. Flood waters from the cyclone caused erosion and damage to the river’s earthen embankment, requiring it to be rebuilt.
On the 21st of June, Paul noted that short bursts of output were visible through the market data, as the units were in the early stages of being brought back online. On Saturday morning (6th of July), Unit 1 began ramping up operations, shortly followed by Unit 2, as seen in the screenshot from ez2view below. Both units appeared to be operating and bidding into the market as normal throughout Sunday, and Monday morning.
The two units at Barron Gorge began ramping back up to normal operation on Saturday morning (July 6th 2024). Both units had full availability for all of Sunday.
Source: ez2view’s Station Dashboard widget
The station’s return to service was largely delivered on time, as the initial MTPASA information published directly after the Cyclone Jaser damage had an RTS date of July 1st 2024.
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