The extended outage at Eraring unit 3 (as at Thu morning 5th Dec 2024)
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.
delays in RTS
Bayswater Unit 4 begins to return to service – Wednesday morning 20th November 2024
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.
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.
Callide C4 return to service pushed back 3 weeks, now slated for late July 2024
A glance at our generator outages widget shows a further three week delay to the expected RTS of Callide Unit C4.
Both Eraring 2 and Vales Point 6 will be offline for a few more days
An early afternoon look (Sat 18th May 2024) about the delays in return to service for the forced outages at two NSW coal units (Eraring unit 2 and Vales Point unit 6).
Another slight slippage in return to service (RTS) expectation for Callide C3
A short note about another (minor) delay in return to service for the repaired Callide C3 unit, that suffered a cooling tower failure.
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.
Loy Yang A4 commences return to service ~26 hours after trip on Tue 13th Feb 2024
The third (of 4) units at Loy Yang A that tripped on Wed 13th Feb 2024 is beginning to return to service ~26 hours afterwards.
Hot & Wet Weather pushes back expected return to service dates for Callide C3 and Callide C4
A short note (Monday 15th January 2024) about delays in return to service for both of Callide C3 and Callide C4 units.
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.
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.
Callide B2 back online on Wednesday 9th November 2022
Callide B2 has returned to service – perhaps a bit earlier than earlier projections noted.
Loy Yang A2 back online – Monday 31st October 2022
A short note about return to service for LYA2, which had been out for over 6 months.
False (re)start at Loy Yang A2 on 25th October
Prompted by a comment by a WattClarity reader, I’ve taken a quick look at Loy Yang A2 for the past week.
Loy Yang A2 slips back – now RTS on Thu 27th October 2022
Third article today about major outages – this one looking at current expectations for RTS for Loy Yang A2 after some apparent slippage.
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.