The Callide C Power Station Joint Venture (JV) has revised the forecast return to service date for units C3 and C4.
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, are continuing 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.
Based on the latest information from external engineering experts, the JV advised the market today that the return to service date for Unit C3 has changed from 11 February 2023 to 8 May 2023.
Meanwhile, work continues to reinstate Unit C4 following the incident in May 2021.
Returning Unit C4 to service is a unique and complex project. A team of 250 employees and contractors has been working on the Unit C4 recovery at the power station, and replacement components have been progressively arriving at site after being manufactured overseas.
While most of the large C4 replacement components have now arrived at the power station (including the generator transformer), the road transfer of the generator stator has been delayed until January 2023. The generator stator is currently at the Port of Gladstone.
As a result, the JV today informed the market that Unit C4’s return to service date has changed from April 2023 to 1 May 2023.
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.