A first look at the lengthy (double-banger) outage on the Poatina Hydro Station in Tasmania
Following a reader's comment earlier in the week, we take a first look at the major planned outage at Poatina Hydro station.
Major Outages
A collection of articles about major outages (units, transmission, etc)
Callide C the subject of yet more Federal Court proceedings
On Monday 22nd June 2026 our team noticed several media articles about a new case, being brought before the Federal Court of Australia (relating to Callide C). So we've added this article, to document.
Akaysha writes ‘Waratah Super Battery now operating at 700MW’
Today (Friday 5th June 2026) a couple of our readers prodded us to notice the News Update ‘Waratah Super Battery now operating at 700MW’ ... so we had a quick look.
A look at the progressive updating of outage plans for Queanbeyan BESS.
With a zoomed-in view of the same ‘Forecast Convergence’ widget in ez2view towards the top, to show the many staggered changes to the expected outage length at Queanbeyan BESS.
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.
Waratah BESS more significantly ramps, on Thursday 16th April 2026
Thursday 16th April 2026 is the first time (since we started looking more closely after the long outage began) that Waratah BESS has ramped more than 400MW in a Dispatch Interval.
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.
What’s up with Waratah BESS? Is the second transformer back early?
I’ve been out of the office for ~36 hours and walked back in this afternoon (Friday 10th April 2026) to see that the noted outage profile for the Waratah BESS had changed again.
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.
What’s up with Waratah BESS … again?!
Another* of our keen readers (and ez2view users) flagged some more machinations to us with respect to Waratah BESS that occurred yesterday (Monday 23rd March 2026).
AFR (and elsewhere) notes more machinations at Waratah BESS
This article’s a short one triggered by Angela Macdonald-Smith’s article in the AFR on Wednesday afternoon titled ‘Waratah Super Battery faces longer delay in test for NSW grid’.
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.
Vales Point impact on frequency appears well mitigated on 2nd February 2026
"And what happened to system frequency?" Our initial inspection indicates there was a very minor impact.
Vales Point units trip on Monday 2nd February 2026
On Tuesday 2nd February we observed the trip of both Vales Point units. Ez2view supports understanding of the event and 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.
Monday afternoon ‘update on Callide C’ from CS Energy
A second statement was issued by CS Energy with respect to the double outage at Callide C3 and C4 - this statement on Monday afternoon 19th January 2026.
Callide C3 & C4 unexpectedly trip
Callide C unexpected trip on Thursday 15th January 2026
What’s up with Queanbeyan BESS (has barely operated since 2nd October 2025)?
I don’t have time to delve into this rabbit hole at this point, but other analysis made me wonder about Queanbeyan BESS, so I’ve used the ‘Trends Engine’ in ez2view to quickly post this.