Spot price volatility has begun (in QLD on Friday 3rd February 2023)
Second price spike in QLD today above $1,000/MWh ... with more to continue?
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Wind not blowing in Queensland this afternoon as demand begins to rise
With demand beginning to rise sharply output at Queensland's four wind farms has been muted so far this afternoon.
Solar Production in QLD dropping faster than previously forecast (Friday 3rd February 2023)
The rain and cloud cover is delivering (amongst other things) a faster-than-expected drop in aggregate solar production in QLD.
RERT dispatched in QLD – at 17:30 on Friday 3rd February 2023
The RERT has been dispatched for 5:30PM this afternoon in Queensland
Availability at Tarong North Power Station almost halved as it nurses a tube leak
QLD may be down 200MW of available generation with record demand currently being forecast for late this afternoon.
Twelve hours of Mainland NEM System Frequency on Friday 3rd February 2023
Another article today presenting 12 hours of history of System Frequency (to ~14:00 on Friday 3rd February 2023) with a few questions added. Comments welcome!
Every extra little bit may help: 50MW temporarily added to QNI limit
An AEMO market notice from yesterday afternoon declares that an extra 50MW has been made available on the QNI interconnector.
AEMO contracts Reserve Trader (in QLD, on Fri 3rd Feb 2023), but trigger not yet pulled
AEMO starts the Reserve Trader process for the QLD region this evening (Fri 3rd Feb 2023).
Quick Friday morning look-ahead to Friday evening in QLD
A quick article for Friday (3rd Feb 2023) morning, looking ahead to this evening and what AEMO's current forecasts are saying for this evening.
Thursday morning look ahead to forecasts for tomorrow (Friday 3rd Feb) evening in Queensland
A quick Thursday morning look at changing forecasts for Friday evening in QLD.
Forecasts pointing to record demand and other risks in QLD for Friday afternoon.. but caveats aplenty
Our fourth article looking forward to this Friday afternoon (3rd February 2023) in the Queensland region, where successive AEMO STPASA forecast data is showing considerable variability about what...
A burst of heat and volatility in QLD on Tuesday 31st January 2023
A quick recap of some market volatility (and other developments) in QLD on Monday 31st January 2023
Examining the $112/MWh revenue that Genex’ Jemalong Solar Farm generated in Q4 2022
Dan Lee uses our hot-off-the-press GSD2022 to examine the Q4 revenue figures that Genex Power recently released for Jemalong Solar Farm.
Tuesday afternoon look at the (escalating) forecast for Friday 3rd February 2022 … but later the forecast LOR2 was cancelled, and then reinstated
Second article (on Tuesday 31st Jan 2023) looking forward towards a tight supply-demand balance forecast for the QLD region on Friday evening 3rd February 2023.
Farewell Liddell
Guest author, Allan O'Neil, takes the release of the GSD2022 as an opportunity to take a look at the past 10 years of performance of the four-unit Liddell...
The Generator Statistical Digest 2022 (GSD2022) is released
Following a focused effort over the past two months, we've released the updated statistical record of operations in Australia's National Electricity Market ... the Generator Statistical Digest 2022...
Forecast LOR2 (and new record demand) for QLD region on Friday 3rd February
Second article this week about a forecast LOR2 Low Reserve Condition that has arisen for QLD this Friday 3rd February (coincident with what would be a new all-time...
What does ‘Rethinking Capitalism’ mean, for the National Electricity Market?
We thought it would be worth linking to Jim Chalmers' article this week in The Monthly, as it seems these ideas will have (more) implications for the National...
Might see more price volatility this week … at least in QLD?
With Brisbane feeling more like a 'normal' summer in recent days, we took a look at the demand forecast for the coming week.
Summary of market outcomes on 28th January 2023
A short, belated, back-dated (and somewhat cryptic) article highlighting outcomes on 28th January 2023.