Widespread rain event one factor in pricing volatility in QLD on Thursday 11th November 2021 (Part 2)

Posted by Paul McArdle Thursday, November 11 2021 Topic: Spring 2021 in the NEM

Another short article to follow Part 1 earlier today, with a snapshot from here on the BOM site at 14:30 NEM time to highlight the widespread cloud cover today:

2021-11-11-at-14-30-BOM-weathermap

Coupled with this I’ve added this snapshot from ez2view at 13:05, with the Large Solar Farms highlighted, to provide some indication of how widespread the impact has been through today:

2021-11-11-at-15-05-ez2view-QLD

Note that FCAS Contingency Raise prices have been sky-high in the QLD region for hours … driven significantly by constraints on the QNI interconnector amongst other things.

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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.

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