AS OF 4.30PM
CS Energy currently has two generating units in our portfolio temporarily out of service for urgent maintenance.
CEO Andrew Bills said any decision to take a generating unit offline during summer was not taken lightly and that it strived to minimise plant downtime.
“Notwithstanding the work being undertaken to reinstate Callide Power Station Unit C4, we have two generating units in our portfolio temporarily offline – Callide Unit B2 and the Kogan Creek unit.
“Our highest priority is the safety of our people and our plant, and this maintenance could not be deferred.”
These two units represent around 1,070 megawatts (MW) of capacity. Queensland has more than 13,000 MW of registered scheduled capacity and a further 2,900 MW of semi-scheduled generation, including large scale solar and wind.”
Kogan Creek Power Station was taken offline on 23 January and is due to return to service on 14 February.
Callide B2 was taken offline on 26 January and is currently bid into the market to return to service on 4 February.