I’ve only had about 2 hours this morning to put this together, and have no more time to analyse today, but the following will be of interest to some of our WattClarity readers:
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
Took 2-3 times longer than planned (as there were a few different interesting observations that came out) but here is our initial – and perhaps only! – review of what happened in South Australia on Thursday 19th December 2019 (i.e. yesterday).
Following our assessment of NEM-wide demand this summer, we turn our attention to Victoria today to see how similar the story is for that region in particular.
An unfortunately timed significant slump in output across all Wind and Large Solar plant in NSW was another of the factors contributing to the price volatility seen in NSW last week.
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PS – it’s been highlighted to me that the outage at Yallourn comes coincident with Industrial Relations action onsite, and with a fire that is under investigation at present.
PS – it’s been highlighted to me that the outage at Yallourn comes coincident with Industrial Relations action onsite, and with a fire that is under investigation at present.
Here’s some further news at the ABC, and in the Australian.
If you know more, please do add this in comments below (or let us know offline).