Those who know me will understand that I’ve never really been one to watch the clock (unless you mean with respect to the Dispatch Interval clock, that is).
But under COVID-19 induced Work From home arrangements the blurring between ‘Work’ and ‘Home’ has stepped to a new level. So what’s one more commitment, in that environment – especially for a topic as important as how generation technologysuffers in the heat (pretty much all technology – each in their own ways). Particularly after the doozy of the summer 2019-20 that’s just passed us by:
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
Hot on the heels of Monday evening’s volatility, the AEMO has forecast LOR3 Low Reserve Condition (i.e. load shedding) might be possible in QLD on Tuesday evening.
A first look back at yesterday (Friday 20th December 2019) in the Victorian region – where we saw extreme temperatures, high demand across VIC and SA and (perhaps because of high temperatures) a large discrepancy open up between forecast Wind Availability and actual. This would have contributed to the surprise LOR2 announcement and commencement of RERT negotiations.
Heat stress and all that impressive collaboration I see? It could all do with asking about cooling the past-
https://wattsupwiththat.com/2020/07/10/hottest-day-ever-in-australia-confirmed-bourke-51-7c-3rd-january-1909/
That would be a doozy alright.