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.
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… 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.
25 days to go, until the initial return of Callide C3 (waiting another 141 days for Callide C4)
As December 2023 draws to a close, we take another look at return-to-service expectations for Callide C3 (a couple more weeks) and then Callide C4 (a few more months). References Nick Evans’ interesting articles.
Return to service for Callide C3 delayed by 17 days (now to 24th January 2024)
A quick update today, following news yesterday from CS Energy about a 17-day delay to the expected return to service of Callide C3, following repairs to the collapsed cooling tower.
AER issues Infringement Notice to CS Energy relating to long-term operating Callide C without an exemption … including on 24th May 2021
AER announced today (and CS Energy confirmed) that a fine had been issued, and paid, for ‘allegedly operating a generating system without regulatory approval’ – with respect to the Callide C units on 24th May 2021 (i.e. the day before the explosion – but I believe unrelated to the explosion).
Looking back at operations at Kogan Creek over the past 20 days
On Friday 29th September 2023 we look back at Kogan Creek via ‘Bids & Offers’ in ez2view over 20 days to see what’s visible, in terms of any impact of the current Industrial Action
CS Energy update on repairs to Callide C3 and C4 cooling tower
A quick article, following a social media update by CS Energy on the repair process for the cooling towers at Callide C.
Industrial Action at Kogan Creek Power station part 2 … it starts today, and here’s where to watch live output
A second quick article about the reported commencement of industrial action at Kogan Creek Power Station in QLD today (Thu 21st Sept 2023).
Current outage plans for Kogan Creek – with threats of industrial action
The print version of the AFR today talks about possible industrial action at Kogan Creek power station – prompting us to take a quick look at current Availability projections.
Mid-July update on repairs on Callide C3 and C4 cooling tower
A quick note on WattClarity to tie in an update (earlier this month) from CS Energy on the rebuild of the cooling tower for Callide C3 and C4.
The never-ending (horror) story at Callide C … more long delays in expected Return-to-Service
More updates recently about the Callide C power station. Looks like we’ll be waiting a while longer for the (delayed again) return to service…
The never-ending story? More delays in return-to-service at both Callide C3 and C4
A short article today noting the additional delays in return-to-service expectations for both Callide C3 and C4.
Expected Return to Service date for Callide C3* slips further back, to 30th June 2023
A short article about a further delay in the expected return to service date for Callide C3 (which is offline after suffering cooling tower failure).
More delays in expected Return to Service (RTS) for both Callide C3 and C4
Yesterday (Wed 28th Dec) CS Energy informed the market of further delays in RTS for Callide C3 and C4 – today we take a quick look.
Kogan Creek returned to service on Tuesday 20th December 2022
CS Energy’s Kogan Creek restarted on the morning of Tuesday 20th December 2022.
Return to service expectation for Callide C3 is (still) 11th February 2023
No change in return-to-service expectation for Callide C3.
Callide C4 generator transformer delivered to Callide Power Station
A quick note to echo the news from CS Energy that the replacement generator transformer is onsite.
Callide C4 still scheduled for RTS on 7th April 2023
Spurred by the extended outage at Kogan Creek, we also take a quick look at current expectations for Callide C4.
Kogan Creek Power Station major overhaul extended to 18th December (unexpected stator and rotor issues)
One of many articles in the AFR this week flagged an extension of major outage on Kogan Creek Power Station. In this article we take a quick initial look.
Callide C4 return to service now not till December 2022
There’s been a 6-month delay in return to service expectation for the damaged Callide C4 unit.