A series of articles published and tagged with ‘coal unit outage’. These outages might be either:
1) Planned far in advance
2) Not planned far in advance (in which case there are several sub-categories of outage here).
It’s not the first time that it’s happened in the history of the NEM, but worth noting that we're (temporarily) down to 1 x Bayswater unit online at present on Tuesday 15th April 2025.
First article about the latest long forced outage for Callide C3 - beginning April 2025.
Here a view of the ‘Generator Outages’ widget in ez2view at the 07:55 dispatch interval on Wednesday 9th April 2025.
With AEMO forecasting LOR3 (i.e. load shedding) in NSW for periods of time on Monday 16th December 2024, in this WattClarity article we take a first look. More to come *as time permits* (and...
We thought we'd take a quick look at Eraring unit 3, given it was the focus of Colin Packham’s article yesterday in the Australian.
Given the tight supply-demand balance forecast for NSW and QLD this week, it’s worth revisiting the ‘Generator Outages’ widget in ez2view at 15:35 on Sunday 24th November 2024 to show what the current status...
In this article on Wednesday evening 20th November 2024 we suggest a couple factors to keep an eye on, leading into the expected tight supply-demand balance (and possible load shedding) in NSW on Tuesday...
Given forecasts for early next week in NSW, it’s some welcome news to see that the BW04 unit has commenced its return to service process.
A short update (on Friday 6th September 2024) about Callide C4, which has come off for a planned outage as part of its (re)commissioning process.
In this article we explore the 2024 ESOO, and linked documents, in terms of what's assumed for coal unit EFOR - and why, in the light of recent improvements in coal unit performance (compared...
Following the recent release of the review of 2024 Q2 (and belated release of the review of 2024 Q1) here's some updated statistics on coal unit performance.
With Eraring unit 3 coming offline on Sunday 25th August 2024 (not long after Eraring unit 1 returned to service) I've had a quick look.
For several reasons (including as prompted by conversations with several different clients in recent days) here's a review of rebidding at Loy Yang A1 as the unit came offline on Tuesday 20th August 2024.
A brief follow-on to yesterday evening's article about the unplanned outage at Loy Yang A1 (Tue 20th Aug 2024).
Another brief article (to help some specific readers/clients) with respect to a coal unit outage ... this time Millmerran unit 2.
A quick look at some market data in ez2view, with respect to Loy Yang A1 unit coming offline on Tuesday afternoon 20th August 2024.
A quick contemporaneous record of the trip of the Tarong North Power station unit on Monday evening 19th August 2024.
A brief follow on article about Loy Yang A station, following the A4 unit trip yesterday, and unsuccessful return to service today.
A short record of a coal unit trip around the time of a system frequency drop. on Wednesday 14th August 2024.
A slightly longer summary (compared to this morning's) of some evening volatility (across the NEM) on Monday evening 5th August 2024.