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
May 2020
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2020-02-19)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE3 Generation lost: 262 MW Time: 2020-02-19 22:00:00
Unit trip: Millmerran, QLD (2020-02-14)
Power Station: Millmerran Unit: MPP_2 Generation lost: 372 MW Time: 2020-02-14 10:10:00
Unit trip: Tarong North, QLD (2020-02-12)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 442 MW Time: 2020-02-12 23:05:00
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2020-02-12)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW02 Generation lost: 628 MW Time: 2020-02-12 17:05:00
Unit trip: Vales Point B, NSW (2020-02-10)
Power Station: Vales Point B Unit: VP6 Generation lost: 359 MW Time: 2020-02-10 3:35:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-02-07)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 367 MW Time: 2020-02-07 14:25:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-02-07)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 441 MW Time: 2020-02-07 7:00:00
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2020-02-01)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW04 Generation lost: 359 MW Time: 2020-02-01 22:35:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2020-05-19)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 532 MW Time: 2020-05-19 15:00:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-05-11)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS1 Generation lost: 114 MW Time: 2020-05-11 6:30:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-05-07)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 105 MW Time: 2020-05-07 15:55:00
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2020-05-06)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_4 Generation lost: 331 MW Time: 2020-05-06 16:50:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-05-03)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 351 MW Time: 2020-05-03 7:55:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, QLD (2020-05-02)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE4 Generation lost: 134 MW Time: 2020-05-02 15:50:00
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2020-05-02)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER02 Generation lost: 270 MW Time: 2020-05-02 2:00:00
April 2020
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2020-04-27)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_4 Generation lost: 304 MW Time: 2020-04-27 19:45:00
Unit trip: Callide, QLD (2020-04-27)
Power Station: Callide Unit: CALL_B_2 Generation lost: 258 MW Time: 2020-04-27 10:05:00
Unit trip: Callide C, QLD (2020-04-21)
Power Station: Callide C Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 150 MW Time: 2020-04-21 22:30:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-04-17)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 518 MW Time: 2020-04-17 0:05:00
Unit trip: Yallourn W, VIC (2020-04-08)
Power Station: Yallourn W Unit: YWPS1 Generation lost: 105 MW Time: 2020-04-08 20:20:00
January 2020
Unit trip: Osborne, SA (2020-01-31)
Power Station: Osborne Unit: OSB-AG Generation lost: 103 MW Time: 2020-01-31 10:40:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Callide C Nett Off, QLD (2020-01-31)
Power Station: Callide C Nett Off Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 421 MW Time: 2020-01-31 10:10:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-01-30)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 560 MW Time: 2020-01-30 18:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Tallawarra, NSW (2020-01-28)
Power Station: Tallawarra Unit: TALWA1 Generation lost: 237 MW Time: 2020-01-28 16:00:00 Retweet
Unit trips: Loy Yang A, VIC (2020-01-26)
1) Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 560 MW Time: 2020-01-26 06:30:00 2) Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 211 MW Time: 2020-01-26 09:30:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Callide, Queensland (2020-01-23)
Power Station: Callide Unit: CALL_B_1 Generation lost: 327 MW Time: 2020-01-23 11:35:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2019-12-27)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER03 Generation lost: 209 MW Time: 2019-12-27 03:35:00
Unit trip: Gladstone, Queensland (2019-12-22)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE5 Generation lost: 200 MW Time: 2019-12-22 04:40:00
Unit trip: Mt Piper, NSW (2019-12-21)
Power Station: Mt Piper Unit: MP1 Generation lost: 225 MW Time: 2019-12-21 20:05:00
Unit trip: Callide C, Queensland (2019-12-18)
Power Station: Callide C Nett Off Unit: CPP_4 Generation lost: 379 MW Time: 2019-12-18 08:30:00