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.
return to service (RTS)
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.
Both Tarong units back online ~3 hours later
Following the earlier trips … TARONG#1 has come online, closely followed by TARONG#2.
Waubra Wind Farm starts back up – Friday morning 23rd February 2024
Good to see Waubra Wind Farm restarting this morning (Fri 23rd Feb 2024) after spending the night offline with bushfires in the area.
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.
Hiccup in return to service of Loy Yang A2
A follow up on the (bumpy) return to service for Loy Yang A2
Loy Yang A3 starts up, as the second (of 4) units to return to service
The start of a return to service for Loy Yang A3.
(Belatedly noting that) Millmerran unit 1 came back online on Wed 31st January 2024
Millmerran 1 came back online Wednesday morning 31st January 2024, as per the outage schedule.
Tarong unit 2 back online, after forced outage because of tube leak (~1 week earlier than planned)
Tarong unit 2 came back online late Thursday evening 1st February 2024 … a week earlier than noted in the outage schedule when it came offline.
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.
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.
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.
Callide C4 generator stator is now at Callide Power Station
News of the arrival of another high cost replacement component (generator stator) at Callide C4 prompts me to have an updated look … with a new feature in ez2view.
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.
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.
SA islanding ends, on Saturday evening 19th November 2022
On Saturday evening 19th November 2022 the Heywood interconnector returned to service following temporary repairs to the tower damaged on Saturday 12th November.
Callide C3 unit suffers cooling tower issues
Alerted via an ABC news article, we take a quick look at Callide C3.