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
January 2020
Unit trip: Swanbank B & Swanbank E Gas Turbine, Queensland (2019-12-14)
Power Station: Swanbank B & Swanbank E Gas Turbine Unit: SWAN_E Generation lost: 154 MW Time: 2019-12-14 09:55:00
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2019-12-12)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER03 Generation lost: 324 MW Time: 2019-12-12 13:30:00
Unit trip: Tarong, Queensland (2020-01-15)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#3 Generation lost: 229 MW Time: 2020-01-15 08:30:00
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2020-01-04)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: 288 MW Time: 2020-01-04 19:00:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, Victoria (2020-01-03)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA3 Generation lost: 560 MW Time: 2020-01-03 20:25:00 Retweet
November 2019
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, VIC (2019-11-28)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB2 Generation lost: ~600 MW Time: 2019-11-28 ~11:55:00
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2019-11-19)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: ~300 MW Time: 2019-11-19 ~03:50:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Tarong, QLD (2019-11-11)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#3 Generation lost: ~300 MW Time: 2019-11-11 ~18:30:00
October 2019
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2019-10-26)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW03 Generation lost: ~500 MW Time: 2019-10-26 ~10:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2019-10-22)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: ~350 MW Time: 2019-10-22 ~12:45:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, VIC (2019-10-20)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: ~400 MW Time: 2019-10-20 ~06:20:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2019-10-18)
Power Station: :Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: ~400 MW Time: 2019-10-18 ~22:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Millmerran, QLD (2019-10-18)
Power Station: Millmerran Unit: MPP_1 Generation lost: ~400 MW Time: 2019-10-18 ~9:00:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2019-10-09)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: ~710 MW Time: 2019-10-05 ~08:00:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2019-10-05)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: 307 MW Time: 2019-10-05 04:10:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2019-10-04, second)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: 121 MW Time: 2019-10-04 12:05:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2019-10-04)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: ~18 MW Time: 2019-10-04 ~01:40:00 Retweet
September 2019
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, Victoria (2019-09-28)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB2 Generation lost: 583 MW Time: 2019-09-28 22:30:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2019-09-28)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 394 MW Time: 2019-09-28 12:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Millmerran Power Plant, Queensland (2019-09-23)
Power Station: Millmerran Power Plant Unit: MPP_2 Generation lost: 435 MW Time: 2019-09-23 15:55:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Stanwell, Queensland (2019-09-20)
Power Station: StanwellUnit: STAN-1Generation lost: 245.0 MWTime: 2019-09-20 14:40:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Stanwell, Queensland (2019-09-19)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-1 Generation lost: 140 MW Time: 2019-09-19 15:55:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Callide C, Queensland (2019-09-10)
Power Station: Callide C Nett Off Unit: CPP_3 Generation lost: 406 MW Time: 2019-09-10 08:05:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Mt Piper, NSW (2019-09-09)
Power Station: Mt Piper Unit: MP1 Generation lost: 296 MW Time: 2019-09-09 07:10:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Mt Piper, NSW (2019-09-08)
Power Station: Mt Piper Unit: MP1 Generation lost: 116 MW Time: 2019-09-08 07:45:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Millmerran Power Plant, Queensland (2019-09-06)
Power Station: Millmerran Power Plant Unit: MPP_1 Generation lost: 379 MW Time: 2019-09-06 18:35:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, Victoria (2019-09-04)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 249 MW (in final dispatch interval; ~390 MW total) Time: 2019-09-04 18:20:00 Retweet
August 2019
Unit trip: Callide B, Queensland (2019-08-15)
Power Station: Callide Unit: CALL_B_2 Generation lost: 269 MW Time: 2019-08-15 02:25:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W (2019-08-13)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS3 Generation lost: 243 MW Time: 2019-08-13 23:30:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2019-08-12, second)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 151 MW Time: 2019-08-12 18:40:00 Retweet