SA Islanding: Never mind the ‘Big Solar Button’, here’s Flexible Exports
James Martin from SwitchDin, provides an overview of the state of distributed energy management, and how it relates to last week's events in SA.
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SA islanding ends, on Saturday evening 19th November 2022
On Saturday evening 19th November 2022 the Heywood interconnector returned to service following temporary repairs to the tower damaged on Saturday 12th November.
Curtailment of rooftop PV occurring in South Australia on Saturday 19th November 2022
A short article to record the curtailment of rooftop PV underway in South Australia on Saturday 19th November 2022.
Exploring aspects of Wind Farm performance in South Australia on Saturday 12th November – through the storm and into the islanding
In this article we explore the impacts on wind power generation as the storms passed through, in the leadup to the transmission line trip at 16:39 (NEM time,...
(Clarification that) there was curtailment of Rooftop PV in South Australia on Monday 14th November 2022 … but nothing (so far) today
Rounding out the working week, there's *currently* no forecast for curtailment of rooftop PV in SA on Friday 18th Nov (but clarifying it did happen on Monday 14th...
(belatedly) one year on from Five Minute Settlement
In GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q3 2022 we included an Appendix exploring what we could observe 'One Year on from Five Minute Settlement'. In this article we share...
Volatility in South Australia on Thursday afternoon 17th November 2022
With low wind production in South Australia on Thursday 17th November, limited import capability and curtailment of rooftop PV, the price has spiked on Thursday afternoon
Curtailment of distributed PV occurring in South Australia on Thursday 17th November 2022
Once again this week we see (today, Thursday 17th November 2022) the AEMO taking action to curtail rooftop PV in South Australia to keep the system stable whilst...
Curtailment of distributed PV is occurring in South Australia on Wednesday 16th November 2022
Same as yesterday, today (Wed 16th Nov 2022) sees curtailment of distributed PV occurring in South Australia.
ElectraNet chief executive warns risks still to come as sunny weather forecast for Adelaide on Thursday
A quick look at rooftop solar PV forecasts after ElectraNet's chief executive warns about overproduction of distributed energy generation later in the week.
Why the Adelaide storm was so intense
Ant Sharwood of Weatherzone provides some insights into the intensity of last weekend's thunderstorms in South Australia, which had severe impacts on the state's transmission network.
Dispatch of the market’s more complex at present … with SA on its own island (and TAS still in pieces)
One of the side-effects of the transmission issues in South Australia and Tasmania is a (much) more complex dispatch process - with NEMDE file creation times slowing down...
A messy separation: a look at the frequency swings in SA during Saturday afternoon’s islanding event
Dan Lee takes a quick look at 5-second frequency data to show SA's separation from the rest of the NEM and the ensuing frequency swings on late Saturday...
Curtailment of distributed PV is occurring in South Australia on Tuesday 15th November 2022
On Tuesday 15th November 2022 we see curtailment of distributed PV has been underway since this morning.
A quick review of the sequence of events in SA immediately around the islanding on Saturday 12th November 2022
Fifth article for Monday 14th November 2022 ... taking a quick initial look at the sequence of events immediately around the islanding in South Australia on Saturday 12th...
FCAS driving the island?
Guest author, Allan O'Neil, contributes his first article with respect to the islanding event in South Australia of November 2022 (in this article taking a look at FCAS...
4.2 million lightning strikes during wild weekend storms in Australia
A weekend of prolific thunderstorms had a significant impact on the NEM. Ben Domensino of Weatherzone reports on the 4.2 million+ lightning strikes that were detected across the...
Administered Pricing begins for FCAS (Lower Reg) in SA at 12:50 on Monday 14th November 2022
An AEMO market notice published just now has alerted that Adminsited Pricing has been declared for FCAS in SA after the Cumulative Price Threshold for the Lower Reg...
Run of volatility in Tasmania on Monday morning 14th November 2022
A run of volatility lasting several hours in Tasmania on Monday morning 14th November.
Case Study of the ‘N::N_UTRV_2’ constraint equation – Friday 28th October 2022
A detailed look at the ‘N::N_UTRV_2’ constraint equation (focusing specifically on the spike at 17:30 on Friday 28th October 2022), drawing heavily on the newly-released 'Constraint Dashboard' widget...