The SMS alerts have started triggering again, to alert us to the fact that the ‘Market Demand’ in the NSW region has dropped below the prior lowest point set just 20 days ago, on 1st September 2024.
… on that day we wrote ‘‘Minimum Demand’ point for NSW drops 226MW from last year’s low point (on Sunday 1st September 2024)’ as one of many articles – noting the low point of 3,423.76MW was 226MW lower than the prior lowest point of 3,664MW for the 11:45 dispatch interval on Sunday 29th October 2023
In this snapshot from NEMwatch at the 11:35 dispatch interval we see the level down at 3,422MW:
We can clearly see the rooftop PV yield going gangbusters – but also Large Solar and Wind being curtailed as it has picked up.
It’s likely that the minimum demand point will drop further over the next hour or two.
PS1 … later in the afternoon
Demand has started climbing again later in the afternoon, so it looks like the lowest point for ‘Market Demand’ was down at 12:30 at the level of 3,307.13MW … which some readers will note is 116MW lower than the (short-lived) lowest point set 20 days ago, by that measure.
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