Frequency change associated with coal generation events
System frequency shows improved resilience to sudden coal generation events since 2020.
Long term trend of coal unit performance
The frequency of coal generation events in 2025
A count of coal generator events indicates large unit trips are less frequent.
Origin Energy drops Minimum Generation levels at Eraring Power Station to 180MW
Some news articles this morning, following a media tour of Eraring Power Station, prompted a piece of quick analysis (focused on ER01) of MinGen levels.
Coal-fired unit performance has improved markedly from the ‘dog year’ that was 2022
Following the recent release of the review of 2024 Q2 (and belated release of the review of 2024 Q1) here's some updated statistics on coal unit performance.