Unit 2 out of service for over a week, following fire (during maintenance) at Bairnsdale Power Station
An article from ABC news about a fire during maintenance at Bairnsdale Power Station prompts us to take a look.
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Major fire at Geelong Refinery (Thu 16th April 2026) puts more stress on Energy Security
Given that we’ve been collating articles relating to ‘2026 Energy Security Concerns with the War in the Middle East’, it makes sense to make a short note here about the major fire at the Geelong refinery.
Possible Fire at Reece Power Station – units out of service
Following a tip from a WattClarity reader, we take a quick look at a forced outage for both units at the Reece (hydro) Power Station in Tasmania ... possibly related to an apparent fire onsite?
RenewEconomy noted (on 30th May 2025) the turbine fire at Bulgana Wind Farm
A brief, belated, and back-dated article directly referencing the RenewEconomy article ‘Fire destroys wind turbine, burning blade falls, at Victoria green power hub’ by Sophie Vorrath on 30th May 2025
The earlier fire at Torrens Island switchyard (Mon 25th March 2024)
Yesterday we wrote briefly about ‘Electrical fire in switchyard at Torrens Island Power station’ following a tip on 7News. In that news update, 7News mentioned that there was an earlier fire at the switchyard on Monday 25th March 2024. With a quick search in the...
Electrical fire in switchyard at Torrens Island Power station
A quick article following a 7News Adelaide report of an electrical fire at Torrens Island power station.
Inverter fire at EPIC Energy’s Mannum 2 Solar Farm
An article from RenewEconomy alerts me to yesterday's fire at the (in commissioning) Mannum Solar Farm 2 in South Australia. We take a quick initial look.
Another (Tesla) big battery fire in the NEM … this one at Bouldercombe BESS in QLD
It's Wednesday morning 27th September 2023 and the fire that started last night at Bouldercombe BESS (Tesla battery for Genex) is still burning.
TransGrid 330kV substation near Tallawarra Power Station on fire [updated ~20:30]
A short note this evening about a substation fire near Tallawarra Power Station.
Yallourn coal bunker fire on Thursday 11th November 2021
A short article about the fire in the Yallourn power station coal bunker.
Recovery continues, at Victoria Big Battery
Some activity alerts prompt this short look at how the Victoria Big Battery is recovering from the industrial fire that took it out of action for a number of weeks.
Fire at Victoria Big Battery under control – Monday 2nd August 19:21
One Monday evening article noting reports that the fire at Victoria Big Battery is under control.
Fire continues at Victoria Big Battery into Monday morning (10:42am)
Monday's update on the fire at the new 'Victoria Big Battery' - which seems to have mostly come under control by the afternoon.
Victoria Big Battery still burning on Sunday morning 1st August 2021
A short update on Sunday 1st August 2021, about the continuing fire at the Victoria Big Battery.
Three additional pieces of data, with respect to the (fire-affected) ‘Victorian Big Battery’
It's Saturday evening, and here's a look at what additional data I can see, in relation to the fire (and any after-effects) with the Victorian Big Battery.
Not a great start to operations at Victoria’s new ‘Big Battery’! (part 2)
Following the (very brief) initial article early this afternoon, here's some more of what we have been able to determine about today's fire at the new Victoria Big Battery facility near Geelong VIC.