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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February 2021
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2021-02-24)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-1 Generation lost: 281 MW Time: 2021-02-24 17:10:00
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2021-02-24)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 236 MW Time: 2021-02-24 08:30:00
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2021-02-18)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 296 MW Time: 2021-02-18 12:35:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2021-02-14)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD02 Generation lost: 261 MW Time: 2021-02-14 16:00:00
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2021-02-11)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 278 MW Time: 2021-02-11 04:05:00
Unit trip: Mt Piper, NSW (2021-02-02)
Power Station: Mt Piper Unit: MP1 Generation lost: 545 MW Time: 2021-02-02 23:25:00
January 2021
Unit trip: Vales Point, NSW (2021-01-29)
Power Station: Vales Point Unit: VP6 Generation lost: 348 MW Time: 2021-01-29 04:55:00
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2021-01-19)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#2 Generation lost: 346 MW Time: 2021-01-19 07:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2021-01-17)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 395 MW Time: 2021-01-17 10:00:00
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2021-01-17)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 369 MW Time: 2021-01-17 08:30:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2021-01-13)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW03 Generation lost: 656 MW Time: 2021-01-13 18:25:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2021-01-13)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_4 Generation lost: 400 MW Time: 2021-01-13 11:00:00 Note: Both units tripped off at once Retweet
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2021-01-13)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 426 MW Time: 2021-01-13 11:00:00 Note: Both units tripped off at once Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2021-01-02)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA1 Generation lost: 553 MW Time: 2021-01-02 18:45:00 Retweet
December 2020
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2020-12-29)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW04 Generation lost: 402 MW Time: 2020-12-29 11:35:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Mt Piper, NSW (2020-12-23)
Power Station: Mt Piper Unit: MP1 Generation lost: 278 MW Time: 2020-12-23 10:30:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-12-22)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 428 MW Time: 2020-12-22 21:15:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2020-12-20)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-2 Generation lost: 355 MW Time: 2020-12-20 20:35:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-12-17)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD03 Generation lost: 321 MW Time: 2020-12-17 13:35:00
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2020-12-15)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER03 Generation lost: 285 MW Time: 2020-12-15 12:50:00
Unit trip: Callide A and B, QLD (2020-12-14)
Power Station: Callide A and B Unit: CALL_B_1 Generation lost: 252 MW Time: 2020-12-14 20:05:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-12-14)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA1 Generation lost: 522 MW Time: 2020-12-14 09:55:00
November 2020
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2020-11-18)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 386 MW Time: 2020-11-18 01:40:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2020-11-17)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#2 Generation lost: 283 MW Time: 2020-11-17 11:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2020-11-14)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 397 MW Time: 2020-11-14 15:00:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2020-11-05)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 526 MW Time: 2020-11-05 16:25:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2020-11-05)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 526 MW Time: 2020-11-05 11:30:00
October 2020
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2020-10-29)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER01 Generation lost: 340 MW Time: 2020-10-29 10:25:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2020-10-29)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE3 Generation lost: 170 MW Time: 2020-10-29 03:25:00
Unit trip: Osborne, SA (2020-10-27)
Power Station: Osborne Unit: OSB-AG Generation lost: 121 MW Time: 2020-10-27 12:45:00