The power plant explosion and fire that caused widespread blackouts in Queensland occurred in one of the state’s youngest coal-fired generators, which broke down eight separate times last year.
Queensland government-owned power company CS Energy says one of two units at the Callide C power station – a “supercritical” plant built-in 2001 that is often championed as newer and cleaner than older stations – suffered “major damage” from the fire.
CS Energy says it has told the Australian Energy Market Operator it anticipates the unit will be unavailable for a year.
reported that the explosion resulted in mass power outages from the border of New South Wales to Cairns, with over 470,000 customers affected. The explosion also caused a cascading impact on the Queensland grid.
After the ensuing chaos, the Hornsdale Power Reserve, a Tesla Powerpack system in South Australia, stepped in. The reserve was recently expanded to 150 MW/194 MWh. Teslarati noted that the ginormous battery was able to immediately respond to tbuilt-inpread power interruptions and took a quick dive into some of the battery’s new tools. These tools include the capability to provide synthetic inertia, which allows the battery to help slow down the rate of frequency changes that happen as a result of dramatic events — such as a coal plant explosion knocking out electricity over a wide area.
The emergence of clean energy such as solar energy is to make up for when a major accident occurs, they can become a substitute for the traditional power generation mode, can maintain the electricity use of some households during the accident, and maintain the stable operation of government equipment.
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