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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April 2019
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2019-04-01)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD03 Generation lost: 149 MW Time: 2019-04-01 16:15:00 Retweet
March 2019
Unit trip: Stanwell, Queensland (2019-03-31)
Unit: STAN-3 Generation lost: 189 MW Time: 2019-03-31 23:25:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Callide B, Queensland (2019-03-20)
Power Station: Callide Unit: CALL_B_2 Generation lost: 350 MW Time: 2019-03-20 18:20:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Gladstone, Queensland (2019-03-19)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE2 Generation lost: 260 MW Time: 2019-03-19 14:20:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Gladstone, Queensland (2019-03-15)
Power Station: Gladstone Unit: GSTONE4 Generation lost: 270 MW Time: 2019-03-15 12:20:00
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, Victoria (2019-03-13)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA4 Generation lost: 490 MW Time: 2019-03-13 11:15:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Stanwell, Queensland (2019-03-12)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-2 Generation lost: 286 MW Time: 2019-03-12 18:00:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2019-03-10)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: 290 MW Time: 2019-03-10 16:00:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Braemar 2, Queensland (2019-03-04)
Power Station: Braemar 2 Unit: BRAEMAR6 Generation lost: 161 MW Time: 2019-03-04 06:45:00 Retweet
February 2019
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, Victoria (2019-02-25)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 104 MW Time: 2019-02-25 06:20:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, Victoria (2019-02-24)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS2 Generation lost: 101 MW Time: 2019-02-24 19:55:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2019-02-19)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER02 Generation lost: 365 Time: 2019-02-19 13:35:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Callide B, Queensland (2019-02-19)
Power Station: Callide Unit: CALL_B_1 Generation lost: 315 MW Time: 2019-02-19 13:30:00 Retweet
Unit trip: Tarong, Queensland (2019-02-08)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#3 Generation lost: 279 MW Time: 2019-02-08 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn ‘W’, Victoria (2019-02-05)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS4 Generation lost: 222 MW Time: 2019-02-05 Retweet
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2019-02-03)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW01 Generation lost: 292 MW Time: 2019-02-03 Retweet
January 2019
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2019-01-29)
Power Station: Eraring Unit: ER03 Generation lost: 578 MW Time: 2019-01-29 Retweet
Unit trip: Bayswater, NSW (2019-01-27)
Power Station: Bayswater Unit: BW01 Generation lost: 502 MW Time: 2019-01-27 Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang A, Victoria (2019-01-25)
Power Station: Loy Yang A Unit: LYA2 Generation lost: 139 MW Time: 2019-01-25 Retweet
Unit trip: Tallawarra, NSW (2019-01-23)
Power Station: Tallawarra Unit: TALWA1 Generation lost: 240 MW Time: 2019-01-23 Retweet
Unit trip: Tallawarra, NSW (2019-01-17)
Power Station: Tallawarra Unit: TALWA1 Generation lost: 201 MW Time: 2019-01-17 Retweet
Unit trip: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2019-01-12)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: ~500 MW Time: 2019-01-12 Retweet
December 2018
Unit trip: Eraring, NSW (2018-12-25)
Power Station: EraringUnit: ER02Generation lost: 657 MWTime: 2018-12-25 Retweet
Unit trip: Liddell, NSW (2018-12-23)
Power Station: Liddell Unit: LD01 Generation lost: 349 MW Time: 2018-12-23 Retweet
Unit trip: Loy Yang B, Victoria (2018-12-22)
Power Station: Loy Yang B Unit: LOYYB1 Generation lost: 535 MW Time: 2018-12-22 Retweet
Unit trip: Tarong North, Queensland (2018-12-18)
Power Station: Tarong North Unit: TNPS1 Generation lost: 442 MW Time: 2018-12-18 Retweet
Unit trip: Tarong, Queensland (2018-12-13)
Power Station: Tarong Unit: TARONG#4 Generation lost: 339 MW Time: 2018-12-13 Retweet
Decrease: Kogan Creek, Queensland (2018-12-13)
Power Station: Kogan Creek Unit: KPP_1 Generation lost: 334 MW Time: 2018-12-13 Retweet
Unit trip: Yallourn W, Victoria (2018-12-10)
Power Station: Yallourn ‘W’ Unit: YWPS1 Generation lost: 317 MW Time: 2018-12-10 Retweet
Unit trip: Stanwell, Queensland (2018-12-03)
Power Station: Stanwell Unit: STAN-2 Generation lost: 252 MW Time: 2018-12-03 Retweet