Queensland Market Demand hits 10,000MW (and is rising fast) late Tuesday afternoon, 8th March 2022
Queensland 'Market Demand' has rocketed up to very close to an all-time record level by 17:00 on Tuesday 8th March 2022
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How rare was this rain and flooding event?
Ben Domensino of Weatherzone examines the recent heavy rainfall and subsequent flooding across much of Australia's eastern seaboard
Early media coverage of GenInsights21
A summary of the media references we've spotted since we released our GenInsights21 report in mid-December.
Rooftop PV output during QLD’s heatwave week 2022 – Part B
In this article we look more closely at 1st and 2nd February 2022 - and particularly at where and when the changes in rooftop PV occurred, narrowing our...
AEMO forecasts LOR2 Lack of Reserve level for QLD on Tuesday 8th March 2022
After a week offline with the floods, I'm back and took a quick look at a tight supply-demand balance forecast for QLD this Tuesday evening, 8th March 2022.
Southeast Queensland flooding, 2022 – electricity demand observations
Widespread and heavy rainfall occurred across southeast Queensland during the week ending Sunday 27th February, 2022. The deluge produced some of the highest rainfall totals on record and...
Market suspended in Tasmania on March 1st 2022
This afternoon the AEMO alerted of a market suspension in the TAS region, which coincided with the failure of two undersea fibre cables that caused parts of the...
Updated (and extended) latency statistics for P5MIN file creation at the AEMO
Following the article on Tuesday 15th February about 'blow-out in file creation latency', in this article we update stats for the past week ... but also look as...
Price spike in South Australia on Wednesday 23rd February 2022 – (perhaps) because of sudden drop in output at Bungala Solar Farm?
A price spike in SA on Wednesday 23rd February reminds us of a price spike in NSW on Monday 21st February ... one due to coal, the other...
Price spike in NSW and QLD on Monday 21st February 2022 following trip of Eraring unit 2
As a real time reminder of the energy transition challenges, the trip of Origin's Eraring unit 2 was a significant driver of the price spike in NSW to...
How are South Australia’s non-scheduled wind farms participating in the market now?
AEMO recently imposed additional dispatch obligations on six non-scheduled wind farms in South Australia. We take a look at what this means in practice.
Market Suspension in South Australia on Friday 18th February 2022
A quick note about the brief Market Suspension in South Australia on Friday afternoon, 18th February 2022.
Rooftop PV output during QLD’s heatwave week – Part A – Regional overview
This article - Part A of a 2 part series - reviews how rooftop PV output varied and considers its influence on Queensland demand on the 1st and 2nd...
Some real data for Eraring Power Station (from soon-to-be-released GSD2021)
As a first article on WattClarity following Origin's 'Notice of Closure' announcement about the future of Eraring Power Station, here's some statistical data (from the upcoming GSD2021) to...
NEMDE under strain? Escalation in File Creation times for P5MIN
Over the past 2 weekends in February (in particular) we have noticed AEMO's file creation time for 'P5MIN' files has increased significantly (and this has caused challenges for...
What does the future hold for Wind and Solar in the NEM – seen via GenInsights21?
Following from the release of GenInsights21, in this article we look at some of what that analytical publication can help us understand, in terms of how the changing...
AEMO published ‘NEM Event – Directions Report 1 February 2022’
A short (and back-dated) article about the AEMO's publication of their Directions Report for Tuesday 1st February 2022 during QLD's heatwave.
Summary view of supply-side contributions in QLD during ‘heatwave week’ – particularly Tue 1st Feb 2022 and Wed 2nd Feb 2022
An initial review of some (wholesale) supply-side factors contributing to the extreme price volatility (and Reserve Trader etc) that occurred in the first week of February 2022 in...
Demand response dispatched on January 31 2022 in Victoria
Recent WDR activity on January 31 took advantage of the spicy Victorian wholesale energy prices that eventuated in the late afternoon and early evening under unusual circumstances.
Expect the unexpected – It’s the NEM after all
Guest author, Allan O'Neil, returns to WattClarity with this review of southern region prices on Monday 31st January 2022 to highlight one example of counterprice flows on the...