Australian Energy Market Operator (AEMO) has confirmed that Victoria still has enough power supply to meet demand after a fire caused the Yallourn Power Station to slash its generation capacity. A small fire broke out in one of the coal storage facilities at Victoria’s largest power station in the Latrobe Valley at about 6.30 a.m. on March 30, prompting an urgent response from Fire Rescue Victoria. The blaze was put under control by 1 p.m. after about 40 firefighters spent six hours fighting it. However, the station had to shut down two power generation units as the burnt coal bunker no longer supplied fuel to their boilers. “We estimate we will be ready to safely return them to service within the coming week,” operator EnergyAustralia said in a statement. Despite the reduction in the Yallourn Power Station’s generation capacity, the AEMO said that there was “sufficient supply to meet forecast …
Victoria’s Electricity Supply Not Affected by Power Station Fire: AEMO
March 30, 2022
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