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
March 2018
Unit trip: Tarong North, Queensland (2018-03-03)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 255 MW Time: 2018-03-03 Retweet
February 2018
Unit trip: Callide B, Queensland (2018-02-23)
Power Station: Callide B Unit: CALL_B_1 Generation lost: 175 MW Time: 2018-02-23 Retweet
Unit trip: Millmerran Power Plant, Queensland (2018-02-19)
Power Station: Millmerran Power Plant Unit: MPP_2 Generation lost: 417 MW Time: 2018-02-19 Retweet
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2018-02-18)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD02 Generation lost: 263 MW Time: 2018-02-18 Retweet
Unit trip: Gladstone, Queensland (2018-02-16)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE1 Generation lost: 240 MW Time: 2018-02-16 Retweet
Unit trip: Gladstone, Queensland (2018-02-15)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE2 Generation lost: 249 MW Time: 2018-02-15 Retweet
Unit trip: Gladstone, Queensland (2018-02-14)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE1 Generation lost: 127 MW Time: 2018-02-14 Retweet
Unit trip: Newport Power Station, Victoria (2018-02-13)
Power Station: Newport Power Station Unit: NPS Generation lost: 165 MW Time: 2018-02-13 Retweet
Unit trip: Braemar, Queensland (2018-02-13)
Power Station: Braemar Unit: BRAEMAR3 Generation lost: 128 MW Time: 2018-02-13 Retweet
Decrease: Loy Yang A, Victoria (2018-02-12)
Power Station: Loy Yang A and B Generation lost: 1,400 MW (combined) Time: 2018-02-12 Retweet See also Loy Yang B’s entry for its share of the decrease.
Decrease: Loy Yang B, Victoria (2018-02-12)
Power Station: Loy Yang A and B Generation lost: 1,400 MW (combined) Time: 2018-02-12 Retweet See also Loy Yang A’s entry for its share of the decrease.
Unit trip: Callide Power Plant, Queensland (2018-02-09)
Power Station: Callide Power Plant Unit: CPP_4 Generation lost: 406 MW Time: 2018-02-09 Retweet
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2018-02-08)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW04 Generation lost: 657 MW Time: 2018-02-08 Retweet
Unit trip: Vales Point “B”, NSW (2018-02-03)
Power Station: Vales Point “B” Unit: VP6 Generation lost: 526 MW Time: 2018-02-03 Retweet
Unit trip: Newport, Victoria (2018-02-02)
Power Station: Newport Unit: NPS Generation lost: 305 MW Time: 2018-02-02 Retweet
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2018-02-01)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD02 Generation lost: 304 MW Time: 2018-02-01 Retweet
January 2018
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2018-01-30)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: 420 MW Time: 2018-01-30 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2018-01-21)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 194 MW Time: 2018-01-21 01:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2018-01-20)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 335 MW Time: 2018-01-20 21:35:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, Victoria (2018-01-18)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 528 MW Time: 2018-01-18 15:35:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Swanbank E Gas Turbine, Queensland (2018-01-18)
Power Station: Swanbank E Gas Turbine Unit: SWAN_E Generation lost: 330 MW Time: 2018-01-18 14:05:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, Victoria (2018-01-17)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 178 MW Time: 2018-01-17 10:05:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Callide Power Plant, Queensland (2018-01-16)
Power Station: Callide Power Plant Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 405 MW Time: 2018-01-16 09:40:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2018-01-16)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 129 MW Time: 2018-01-16 00:45:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2018-01-15)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 335 MW Time: 2018-01-15 01:55:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2018-01-15)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS1 Generation lost: 125 MW Time: 2018-01-15 17:10:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, Queensland (2018-01-13)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE1 Generation lost: 239 MW Time: 2018-01-13 12:05:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, Victoria (2018-01-12)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 145 MW Time: 2018-01-12 19:10:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Tallawarra, NSW (2018-01-12)
Power Station: Tallawarra Unit: TALWA1 Generation lost: 394 MW Time: 2018-01-12 14:00:00 Retweet