Ninth time is the charm: Callide C4’s return was another example of an overly optimistic timeline in the NEM
A chart showing the countdown to expected RTS for Callide C4, compared to the actual outage timeline.
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Callide C4 offline again, as planned–but outage extended. Have they found something?
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.
Return to service commences for Callide C4 on Friday 30th August 2024 (after 1193 days offline)!
It’s Friday 30th August 2024 and Callide C4 has commenced its return-to-service (and re-commissioning), after an outage lasting 1193 days
Callide C3 offline until expected return to service on Monday 26th August 2024
A short initial article, 5 days after Callide C3 came offline again for another forced outage … during a period that’s seen multi-region spot price volatility.
Changed (lower) output profile for Kogan Creek from early July 2024
A question from a WattClarity reader prompts this quick article about reduced output at Kogan Creek, and some questions about why.
Two news updates from CS Energy on Wed 17th July 2024 … the (final) Brady Report (about Callide C4), and the Hartz EPM Report (on the Cooling Towers)
On Wednesday 17th July 2024, CS Energy released the Brady-Heywood report (about Callide C4 failure on 25th May 2021) and the HartzEPM Report (about CallideC3 failure on 31st Oct 2022) … and an Action Plan in response to both.
One more delay to Return-to-Service for Callide C4 … another 40 days added to the outage
In the last MT PASA DUID Availability data update for Friday 12th July 2024 the return to service expectation for the repaired Callide C4 unit has been delayed again another 40 days … now 50 days out, till Saturday 31st August 2024.
CS Energy releases most recent draft of the ‘Brady Report’
CS Energy has released the latest draft of the ‘Brady Report’ – a draft Executive Summary, a draft Part A (Technical) and a draft Part B (Organisational)
Kogan Creek comes offline, on Thursday 20th June 2024
Amongst other things happening in the past 24 hours, the large Kogan Creek coal-fired power station in southern QLD came offline this morning in an outage that appears anticipated two days prior … but was not fully planned weeks in advance.
Callide C updates – operations (<40 days till RTS!), and in the courts
At the end of an eventful week in the NEM, here’s an update on a few fronts with respect to Callide C.
Video, from CS Energy, of the installation of new turbine and generator stator at Callide C4
On Friday 17th May, CS Energy posted a video on YouTube showing a timelapse camera view of some of the repair process for Callide C4. This will be of interest to some WattClarity readers.
News update in the AFR about Callide C
On Wednesday evening 15th May 2024, Anthony Macdonald published an update about Callide C4 in the AFR that’s worth a read.
The Australian notes how Callide C was back in court again this week
Another update from the Australian during the week with respect to the Federal Court proceedings with respect to Callide C (particularly unit C4).
An update on Callide C3 (back online) and Callide C4 (still offline)
A few separate questions about Callide C3 and C4 in recent days prompts this short status update on both units.
Callide C3 starts up, after 518 days offline – on 1st April 2024 (no, that’s *not* an April fools tall tale)
It’s Monday afternoon 1st April 2024 and Callide C3 has begun its journey back online following an outage longer than 500 days since the cooling tower failure in October 2022.
Belatedly noticing slight slippage in return to service for Callide C3
Twelve days ago there was news about a delay to return to service for Callide C3 (now to 31st March 2024), but we’d missed it.
AFR reports about $300M insurance claim refused, for Callide C4
Following on just one day after CS Energy released an abridged report on the failure of Callide C4, the AFR reports about insurance problems.
CS Energy releases report into 2021 Callide C4 unit failure
Today CS energy has released a detailed insight into what happened to the C4 unit that caused the major failure.
The matter of Callide C back in Federal Court (this time via AER)
Callide C3 is back in the news today, with Australian Energy Regulator taking legal action against Callide Power Trading in the Federal Court.
… and Kogan Creek comes off for a few days on Sunday 14th January 2024
3rd article for Sunday 14th January 2024 – this one looking further north, into QLD, with the Forced Outage at Kogan Creek Power Station.