Australia’s energy market: coal generators experienced fewer supply interruptions

Coal generators in aggregate experienced fewer interruptions to their coal supply in the lead up to winter 2023 than was the case in 2022. In the months preceding the market suspension of June 2022, several coal generators reported severe underdelivery of coal. This was attributed to unseasonable rains that caused flooding, resulting in closure of mines and interruption of rail freight. Compounding these sourcing difficulties, above average volumes were diverted for export due to high international coal prices, with domestically available volumes falling as a result. With neither of these difficulties repeating in 2023, significantly fewer coal generators reported problems […]