Market Commentary Australia’s electricity markets experienced significant volatility throughout August 2024, driven by an unusual confluence of record wind generation and unseasonably hot weather in …
August 2024 Electricity Market Review
Return of Callide C Power Station: What Impact Will It Have on Wholesale Futures and Spot Prices?
After more than a year of being completely out of action due to severe faults, Queensland’s Callide C Power Station is poised to return to …
Callide C3 Unit returns to service
CS Energy’s Callide C coal-fired power station has partially returned to service some 17 months after it was abruptly taken offline due to a structural …
Callide C3’s partial return to service has been pushed back to January 24 2024
CS Energy’s Callide C3’s partial and gradual return to service has been delayed until January 24, with the management citing hot and wet weather, the …
Concerns that Kogan Creek industrial action could push electricity prices up on the East Coast
Workers at CS Energy’s Kogan Creek commenced industrial action on Thursday 21 September, creating concerns over supply to the East Coast. The 16-year-old 750 MW …
Eraring extension recommended and Loy Yang underwritten till 2035
The NSW government-commissioned review of the state’s electricity network has recommended an Eraring extension, Australia’s largest coal-fired power station, while the Victorian government has pledged …
4,200 MW of coal power could extend into the next decade as power supply concerns grow
4,200 MW of coal power could extend into the next decade as concerns grow that the state could spiral into an electricity supply and price …
Australia’s pace of investment in renewable energy is too slow
The slow pace of investment in renewable energy to replace retiring coal power plants poses challenges to achieving the country’s emissions targets and causing price …
Callide C3 and C4 power stations return-to-service pushed back later
Last year we reported that Queensland’s Callide C3 was expected to go back online by February 2023 while C4 was eyed to start up again …
Callide C 3 return to service pushed back to February 2023
The Queensland coal-fired Callide C power plant is now completely offline after the structural failure of a cooling plant put the 466 MW C3 Unit …
