As if we did not have enough challenges already, worth a snapshot from NEMwatch at 16:10 this afternoon to highlight that aggregate production from all wind farms across the NEM (which has been quite strong for a number of days) has dropped below 1,000MW today:
Once the sun drops away this evening things are going to get quite hairy…
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A quick look at how the wholesale contracts market reacted to the announced bundle of measures by the Queensland Government, aimed at reducing the cost of electricity to energy users.
With respect to yesterday’s ‘Notification of Potential Gas Supply Shortfall Event’ and this evening’s tight supply-demand balance in the NEM, worth noting this AEMO tweet at 17:50 this evening: … which links to this short update on the AEMO website,…
As the sun sets on Thursday 23rd May 2024 (the day of the announcement of the extension to the Eraring service life) we see aggregate wind yield dropping below 500MW.
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