The Callide C Power Station Joint Venture (JV) has revised the forecast return to service date for unit C3.
CS Energy owns Callide C in a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with InterGen Australia.
The Callide C JV, together with CS Energy as the operator, have continued to assess options for safely returning the Unit C3 cooling tower to service, following a structural failure of a section of the tower on 31 October 2022.
As a result of the scope of work being refined, the JV advised the market last Friday, 20 January of a changed, staged return to service date for C3 from 8 May 2023 to 30 June 2023 (operating at 300MW) and then 30 September 2023 (full load – 425MW).
It not unusual for generators to adjust their return to service dates for units that are undergoing major maintenance or repairs, depending on issues identified during the process.
Callide Power Station has a permanent workforce of 226 people and is comprised of two power plants, Callide B and C, each with two generating units (B1 and B2, C3 and C4).
CS Energy owns 100 per cent of Callide B and owns Callide C in a 50/50 joint venture (JV) with InterGen Australia. CS Energy operates Callide C on behalf of the JV owners.