Availability at Tarong North Power Station almost halved as it nurses a tube leak

Posted by Dan LeeFriday, February 3 2023 Topic: 2023-02-03 QLD high demand, Summer 2022-23 in the NEM

Keeping with our coverage of this afternoon's events in Queensland – where forecasts are pointing to record demand – it looks as though another risk has emerged.

Whilst the QNI limit has temporarily been raised by 50MW, it may be the case of ‘one step forward two steps back’ with Tarong North Power Station currently running at around half availability with the rebid reason citing a ‘tube leak’. The screenshot below is from the Station Dashboard in our ez2view software and shows its availability drop from 420MW to 200MW at 12:30PM yesterday.