Gas & Coal Watch
Gas & Coal Watch monitors the National Energy Market’s fossil fuel power plants for breakdowns, particularly over the summer when generating units are vulnerable.
Similar to the Australian Energy Market Operator’s definition, breakdowns are all unscheduled outages – either full unit trips where generation from a unit falls to zero or partial unit trips where generation drops significantly.
For more of our research into the growing unreliability of gas and coal, see Can’t stand the heat.
Gas & Coal Watch is currently being updated, recent trips will be added shortly.
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All unit trips
July 2021
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2021-07-26)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 179 MW Time: 2021-07-26 00:45:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2021-07-24)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 580 MW Time: 2021-07-24 22:00:00
Unit trip: Callide A and B, QLD (2021-07-06)
Power Station: Callide A and B Unit: CALL_B_1 Generation lost: 349 MW Time: 2021-07-06 10:25:00 Retweet
June 2021
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2021-06-30)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 464 MW Time: 2021-06-30 02:45:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2021-06-24)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: 323 MW Time: 2021-06-24 10:50:00
May 2021
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2021-05-31)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE3 Generation lost: 232 MW Time: 2021-05-31 23:05:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-4 Generation lost: 347 MW Time: 2021-05-25 14:15:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-3 Generation lost: 347 MW Time: 2021-05-25 14:15:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-1 Generation lost: 347 MW Time: 2021-05-25 14:15:00
Unit trip: Callide A and B, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Callide A and B Unit: CALL_B_2 Generation lost: 354 MW Time: 2021-05-25 14:15:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE2 Generation lost: 231 MW Time: 2021-05-25 14:15:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE4 Generation lost: 233 MW Time: 2021-05-25 14:15:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE3 Generation lost: 232 MW Time: 2021-05-25 14:15:00
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_4 Generation lost: 278 MW Time: 2021-05-25 13:50:00
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2021-05-25)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 421 MW Time: 2021-05-25 13:45:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2021-05-21)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA1 Generation lost: 565 MW Time: 2021-05-21 14:05:00
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2021-05-19)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#4 Generation lost: 282 MW Time: 2021-05-19 11:10:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2021-05-13)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD02 Generation lost: 185 MW Time: 2021-05-13 08:10:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2021-05-10)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 172 MW Time: 2021-05-10 23:30:00 Notes: failed restart
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2021-05-10)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 444 MW Time: 2021-05-10 16:25:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2021-05-10)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB2 Generation lost: 480 MW Time: 2021-05-10 10:10:00
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2021-05-07)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 424 MW Time: 2021-05-07 13:15:00
March 2021
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2021-03-31)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 504 MW Time: 2021-03-31 10:35:00
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2021-03-23)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#4 Generation lost: 281 MW Time: 2021-03-23 09:10:00
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2021-03-14)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 375 MW Time: 2021-03-14 21:40:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2021-03-08)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE1 Generation lost: 250 MW Time: 2021-03-08 17:35:00
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2021-03-03)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 208 MW Time: 2021-03-03 10:15:00
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2021-03-03)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 301 MW Time: 2021-03-03 01:25:00
February 2021
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2021-02-28)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 579 MW Time: 2021-02-28 00:55:00
Unit trip: Vales Point, NSW (2021-02-26)
Power Station: Vales Point Unit: VP6 Generation lost: 280 MW Time: 2021-02-26 12:05:00