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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October 2020
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-10-23)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD03 Generation lost: 245 MW Time: 2020-10-23 19:35:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-10-21)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD04 Generation lost: 283 MW Time: 2020-10-21 04:55:00
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2020-10-14)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW04 Generation lost: 632 MW Time: 2020-10-14 11:00:00
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2020-10-09)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 394 MW Time: 2020-10-09 15:55:00
Unit trip: Mortlake, VIC (2020-10-07)
Power Station: Mortlake Unit: MORTLK11 Generation lost: 266 MW Time: 2020-10-07 13:30:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2020-10-07)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-2 Generation lost: 274 MW Time: 2020-10-07 10:45:00
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2020-10-07)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 323 MW Time: 2020-10-07 08:35:00
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2020-10-06)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#3 Generation lost: 314 MW Time: 2020-10-06 07:45:00
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2020-10-04)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW03 Generation lost: 425 MW Time: 2020-10-04 14:20:00
September 2020
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2020-09-28)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 226 MW Time: 2020-09-28 18:40:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2020-09-28)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB2 Generation lost: 580 MW Time: 2020-09-28 16:40:00
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2020-09-22)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#1 Generation lost: 270 MW Time: 2020-09-22 08:50:00
Unit trip: Vales Point “B”, NSW (2020-09-21)
Power Station: Vales Point “B” Unit: VP6 Generation lost: 450 MW Time: 2020-09-21 14:00:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2020-09-18)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-2 Generation lost: 384 MW Time: 2020-09-18 09:25:00
Unit trip: Callide C Nett Off, QLD (2020-09-11)
Power Station: Callide C Nett Off Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 381 MW Time: 2020-09-11 11:10:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-09-10)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: 308 MW Time: 2020-09-10 22:15:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2020-09-09)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE3 Generation lost: 272 MW Time: 2020-09-09 19:45:00
Unit trip: Mt Piper, NSW (2020-09-08)
Power Station: Mt Piper Unit: MP2 Generation lost: 437 MW Time: 2020-09-08 06:55:00
Unit trip: Callide A and B, QLD (2020-09-08)
Power Station: Callide A and B Unit: CALL_B_2 Generation lost: 200 MW Time: 2020-09-08 06:35:00
Unit trip: Vales Point “B”, NSW (2020-09-06)
Power Station: Vales Point “B” Unit: VP5 Generation lost: 285 MW Time: 2020-09-06 05:50:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2020-09-01)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 242 MW Time: 2020-09-01 20:15:00 Notes: Failed start (successfully re-started a few hours later).
August 2020
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, QLD (2020-08-23)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: 737 MW Time: 2020-08-23 22:45:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-08-16)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 392 MW Time: 2020-08-16 06:45:00
Unit trip: Vales Point “B”, NSW (2020-08-14)
Power Station: Vales Point “B” Unit: VP6 Generation lost: 583 MW Time: 2020-08-14 11:15:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-08-10)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD03 Generation lost: 315 MW Time: 2020-08-10 23:10:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2020-08-07)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-1 Generation lost: 312 MW Time: 2020-08-07 21:05:00
July 2020
Unit trip: Tallawarra, NSW (2020-07-25)
Power Station: Tallawarra Unit: TALWA1 Generation lost: 260 MW Time: 2020-07-25 18:40:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-07-15)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 531 MW Time: 2020-07-15 04:35:00
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2020-07-10)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 300 MW Time: 2020-07-10 04:20:00
Unit trip: Colongra, NSW (2020-07-08)
Power Station: Colongra Unit: CG1 Generation lost: 178 MW Time: 2020-07-08 17:45:00