Why capacity factor is an increasingly over-simplistic metric
Dan Lee explains why capacity factor could be becoming an increasingly less useful measure for comparing how different solar farms are performing and begins an exploration into some...
Dan Lee explains why capacity factor could be becoming an increasingly less useful measure for comparing how different solar farms are performing and begins an exploration into some...
In Part 1 of this Case Study, we start to look at the large collective under-performance across all Semi-Scheduled units (i.e. Wind and Large Solar) at 17:05 on...
A short note following on from the Scheduling Error experienced by AEMO on 10th August 2022.
In today's article (a third snippet from GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q4 2022) we take a look at levels of large 'Aggregate Raw Off-Target' (i.e. large collective deviations...
Here on this site, and also in real discussions in the offline world, we have been pondering this question for a number of years. For instance, it was...
Another quick article today - this to record the rare use of coal in the UK on a cold evening with insufficient other supply.
A short article today noting the additional delays in return-to-service expectations for both Callide C3 and C4.
On Monday afternoon 6th March 2023 a late burst of summer in NSW has driven Market Demand above 13,000MW.
This second excerpt from GenInsights 2022 Q4 Update highlights some of what's seen in terms of the performance of coal units.
Could be a hot one in (Sydney and) NSW on Monday 6th March 2023 ... with AEMO forecasting potential LOR2 low reserve condition.
Following recent online discussions, Bruce Miller has produced this in-depth analysis of frequency behavior in th NEM.
Prompted by the massive loss reported by CLP for its EnergyAustralia business, and plans for major outages for 4 units at Yallourn, we took a quick look using...
This first excerpt from GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q4 2022 looks specifically at the trended level of adoption of self-forecasting for Semi-Scheduled Solar Farms in the NEM. This...
Today, more than 14 months after the publication of GenInsights21 we're sharing Key Observation 15 of 22, relating to self-forecasting for Semi-Scheduled units.
On Thursday 23rd February, hot weather in SA drove 'Market Demand' to its highest level in just over 9 years, and delivered a bit of spot price volatility....
Allan O'Neil digs through historic FCAS enablement and utilisation levels to examine whether there is an increasing trend in recent years.
On Tuesday 21st February 2023 the AEMO published an update on its 2022 ESOO.
Drawing from GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q4 2022, and the next version of our ez2view software, we take a look at the *current* expectations for closure of Liddell...
A quick post about some evening volatility in VIC and SA
Following an Executive Briefing last week to one client, this week we released the PDF Report for GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q4 2022. Here's some information to explain...