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 2020
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-07-05)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 309 MW Time: 2020-07-05 20:55:00
June 2020
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-06-24)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS1 Generation lost: 214 MW Time: 2020-06-24 15:10:00
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2020-06-18)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#1 Generation lost: 277 MW Time: 2020-06-18 10:10:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2020-06-18)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE1 Generation lost: 109 MW Time: 2020-06-18 09:30:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-06-17)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS1 Generation lost: 336 MW Time: 2020-06-17 08:50:00
Unit trip: Stanwell, QLD (2020-06-16)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-3 Generation lost: 286 MW Time: 2020-06-16 10:20:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2020-06-10)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE5 Generation lost: 236 MW Time: 2020-06-10 20:40:00
Unit trip: Vales Point “B”, NSW (2020-06-07)
Power Station: Vales Point “B” Unit: VP5 Generation lost: 604 MW Time: 2020-06-07 13:40:00
Unit trip: Vales Point “B”, NSW (2020-06-07)
Power Station: Vales Point “B” Unit: VP6 Generation lost: 604 MW Time: 2020-06-07 13:40:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-06-01)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 500 MW Time: 2020-06-01 13:15:00
May 2020
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-05-23)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 207 MW Time: 2020-05-23 06:15:00
Unit trip: Tallawarra, NSW (2020-03-31)
Power Station: Tallawarra Unit: TALWA1 Generation lost: 403 MW Time: 2020-03-31 15:00:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-03-30)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: 350 MW Time: 2020-03-30 9:55:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-03-28, first)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA4 Generation lost: 250 MW Time: 2020-03-28 02:00:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-03-28, second)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 521 MW Time: 2020-03-28 14:15:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-03-28)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 340 MW Time: 2020-03-28 3:35:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-03-24)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: 358 MW Time: 2020-03-24 22:20:00
Unit trip: Millmerran, QLD (2020-03-24)
Power Station: Millmerran Unit: MPP_1 Generation lost: 425 MW Time: 2020-03-24 11:50:00
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2020-03-22)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW01 Generation lost: 575 MW Time: 2020-03-22 18:50:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-03-17)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 150 MW Time: 2020-03-17 22:40:00
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2020-03-13)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER02 Generation lost: 211 MW Time: 2020-03-13 10:20:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-03-12)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS1 Generation lost: 342 MW Time: 2020-03-12 14:45:00
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2020-03-11)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: 415 MW Time: 2020-03-11 8:15:00
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2020-03-10)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_4 Generation lost: 328 MW Time: 2020-03-10 4:25:00
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, QLD (2020-03-07)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: 330 MW Time: 2020-03-07 0:40:00
Unit trip: Millmerran, QLD (2020-03-06)
Power Station: Millmerran Unit: MPP_2 Generation lost: 183 MW Time: 2020-03-06 18:55:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-03-06)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA4 Generation lost: 558 MW Time: 2020-03-06 16:35:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-03-01)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 110 MW Time: 2020-03-01 18:35:00
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2020-02-21)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER03 Generation lost: 638 MW Time: 2020-02-21 14:25:00
Unit trip: Millmerran, QLD (2020-02-21)
Power Station: Millmerran Unit: MPP_1 Generation lost: 239 MW Time: 2020-02-21 6:25:00