Like clockwork, just prior to 17:00 the AEMO released its preliminary report into some of the things that happened on Tuesday last week, 25th May 2021:
We’ll review this with interest, and incorporate the information contained within it into subsequent articles on WattClarity.
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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.
As December 2023 draws to a close, we take another look at return-to-service expectations for Callide C3 (a couple more weeks) and then Callide C4 (a few more months). References Nick Evans’ interesting articles.
A short note at a ‘new normal’ condition that we can expect to see increasingly in NEM regions (including QLD) as rooftop PV continues to grow in scale.
This morning (in the article ‘Looking forward, to Monday 22nd January 2024 in Queensland’) I wrote about the forecast LOR2 condition that the AEMO was warning about at the time – looking ahead to Monday 22nd January 2024. (A) …
1 Commenton "AEMO releases Preliminary Report: Trip of multiple generators and lines in Queensland and associated under-frequency load shedding on 25 May 2021"
Two statements which stand out to me as defining the event.
“At 1334 hrs on 25 May 2021, Callide C4 stopped generating but did not disconnect from the power system.”
“At 1340 hrs, CS informed AEMO of a possible turbine hall fire at Callide C.”
Two statements which stand out to me as defining the event.
“At 1334 hrs on 25 May 2021, Callide C4 stopped generating but did not disconnect from the power system.”
“At 1340 hrs, CS informed AEMO of a possible turbine hall fire at Callide C.”