Queanbeyan BESS undergoing return to service journey after long unplanned outage
The Queanbeyan BESS has begun its return-to-service journey after a lengthy unplanned outage.
Return-to-Service (RTS)
The second transformer at Waratah BESS is operational (for testing)
With the advantage of ‘next day public’ data we can use ez2view to confirm the 2nd (of 3) transformers at Waratah BESS was returned to service Friday evening 10th April 2026.
Some hiccups in the return to service path for Reece unit 2
A quick look at what might be some bumps in the return to service journey (on 1st and 2nd April 2026) for Reece unit 2.
First glimpses of output at REECE2 unit, following (possible) fire in August 2025
The REECE2 unit has been out of service since what might have been a fire onsite on 5th August 2025. This morning (Wednesday 1st April 2026) we saw the first glimpses of output in an ez2view alert.
Belatedly noting return to service of YWPS2 (after rebuild/replacement of the LP turbine)
I’ve been away for a bunch of time since late January, and have been otherwise focused on the days in which I’ve been working. Another to note is the return to service of Yallourn unit 2 last Monday afternoon 16th February 2026.
Belatedly noting return to service of VP5 and VP6 after the double-unit trip
On Monday 2nd February 2026 we noted the (almost?) simultaneous trips at Vales Point 5 and Vales Point 6. In this article we belatedly note the return to service.
Callide C4 begins its return to service journey
A short note with a snapshot from the ez2view ‘Notification’ widget alert generated with Callide C5 beginning its return to service journey at 10:21 (NEM time) on Tuesday 20th January 2026.
Callide C3 starts RTS on Monday afternoon 19th January 2026
Callide C3 has returned to service today following last week’s control system trip that took both C units offline, while C4 remains out of service with its return currently expected tomorrow.
The return to service of Callide B2 and C4 in October 2025, following storm issues
Following this update on LinkedIn from CS Energy on Thursday 30th October 2025, we summarise outages at Callide B2 (two outages) and Callide C4 (one outage).
Loy Yang B1 returns to service after planned outage – not without a few wobbles (and frequency drop)
Loy Yang B1 has returned to service on Sunday morning 2nd November 2025 following a planned outage, not without some wobbles.
Vales Point 6 returned to service Friday afternoon/evening 31st October 2025 after tube leak outage
A short record of the unplanned outage at Vales Point 6 - which came offline overnight into Tuesday 28th October 2025, and returned to service Friday 31st October 2025.
Both YWPS3 and YWPS4 back online overnight
A quick follow-on early Friday morning 17th October 2025 to note that both YWPS3 and YWPS4 made it back online overnight.
Differing return to service expectations for YWPS3 and YWPS4, following simultaneous trips
Following the simultaneous trips (on Thu 16th Oct 2025) of YWPS3 and YWPS4, we take a look at current return to service expectations.
ER03 makes its way back online, Sunday evening 12th October 2025
Given that we’ve written about that outage several times before, worth noting that Eraring Unit 3 came back online Sunday evening 12th October 2025.
Callide B2 commences return to service, Friday morning 13th June 2025
Approximately 8 hours after the return to service journey at Loy Yang A1 commenced, a similar journey has been commenced at Callide B2 this morning.
Loy Yang A1 back online, Thursday evening 12th June 2025
The volatility of Thursday evening 12th June 2025 had ended by that time (though not by much), but it’s worth noting that the Loy Yang A1 unit commenced its return to service journey last night.
Callide C back online, Sunday 1st June 2025
A short article to note that Callide C3 came back online in the early hours of Sunday morning 1st June 2025.
Berrybank 2 Wind Farm recommences operations, (a little later) on Friday 7th February 2025
No sooner had I published this article about ‘Berrybank 1 Wind Farm recommences operations, on Friday morning 7th February 2025’ than I received an ez2view alert on the restart of neighbouring Berrybank 2 Wind Farm.
Berrybank 1 Wind Farm recommences operations, on Friday morning 7th February 2025
Third article in a series, following the turbine failure at one of the Berrybank Wind Farms (was it Berrybank 2?) ... to note that Berrybank 1 has restarted on Friday 7th February 2025.
Eraring unit 3 back online, Friday morning 6th December 2024
This morning at 07:25 the ‘Notifications’ widget in ez2view alerted us that ER03 had reached a ‘first output’ milestone during the return-to-service journey.