This is a category of articles that have been accumulating on WattClarity for some time, aimed at helping to tame Villain #4, which is what we see as a growing deficit in Energy Literacy/Numeracy required to effectively deal with the growing challenges of this energy transition.
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Paul McArdle
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Paul McArdle Wed 20th November 2024
An inter-regional interconnector refers to *the whole of* the transmission path between RRNs
We already noted this a few times recently, but we thought it would be worth separating out as its own article under the ‘Energy Literacy’ category, as it’s likely we’ll be referring back to it increasingly in future.
Paul McArdle Wed 1st June 2022
Explaining dispatch (and price setting) regarding Eraring Unit 2 on 30th May 2022
A question on Twitter from Benny Beatts (about dispatch of Origin’s Eraring unit 2 on Monday 30th May) illustrates why price setting is not as simple as adding up bids that are dispatched.
Paul McArdle Fri 3rd August 2018
Different approaches for dispatch
Highlighting the different approaches taken to cost/price based dispatch in an interconnected electricity system (or market).
Paul McArdle Wed 5th March 2025
(A first step into the complexities of) the Dispatch Interval in the Real World
A third step in the ‘Energy Literacy’ journey in helping readers to understand the complexities within each and every Dispatch Interval.
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