Herald Sun speculates about possible extension to Yallourn Power Station
On Sunday 8th September 2024 the Herald Sun published an article speculating about possible Service Life extension to Yallourn Power Station.
Closure of Yallourn
A collation of articles published on WattClarity pertaining to the looming closure of the 4 units at Yallourn Power Station, and the performance of the units prior to the closure.
More unplanned outages than would be desired, at YWPS3, since the Planned Major Outage
Yallourn unit 1 has just come offline for its Major Planned 'performance improvement' outage - but coincident with that, Yallourn unit 3 is suffering from a run of forced outages.
Yallourn unit 1 comes offline for the ‘performance improvement’ planned outage
A short article to mark the start of the long planned outage for Yallourn unit 1, which is aimed (at least in part) at improving the performance of the unit following 2022.
Where’s that major planned outage for YWPS1 go?
A client question (for GenInsights Quarterly Updates) recently prompted a quick look at the delay to the start of the planned outage for Yallourn Unit 1.
Two (of four) Major Rectification Outages at Yallourn performed. Have they improved plant performance (Part 1)?
Remembering a question that were were asked by a client in December 2023 (about Yallourn power station) we take a quick look at the start of 2024.
7th Aug 2023 – EnergyAustralia ‘continues to focus on strengthening performance following improved first-half results’
A belated and back-dated article to point to the EnergyAustralia Media Release of 7th August 2023 about the $400 million outage plans for Yallourn for 2023 and 2024.
A quick look at EnergyAustralia’s outage plans for Yallourn Power Station
Prompted by the massive loss reported by CLP for its EnergyAustralia business, and plans for major outages for 4 units at Yallourn, we took a quick look using ez2view at outage plans.
8th Aug 2022 – EnergyAustralia reported an earnings fall for the first half of calendar 2022
A belated and back-dated article to point to the EnergyAustralia Media Release of 8th August 2022 following the Energy Crisis.
Confidential ‘safety net’ agreement stuck between the Victorian Government and Yallourn Power Station to keep power station operational to mid 2028
A brief (and back-dated) article pointing to the confidential “safety net” agreement struck between the VIC Govt and EnergyAustralia to keep Yallourn Power Station operational until mid-2028.
Next domino? Yallourn closing in 2028 … four years earlier than original plan.
Two initial thoughts, following EnergyAustralia's announcement that they will close Yallourn Power Station four years earlier than initially planned (mid-2028).