A couple spots of rain have started to fall on our office deck this afternoon, which prompted me to open up the ‘Forecast Convergence’ widget in ez2view to have a look at what’s been happening with aggregate Solar Capability in the past hour across all the Semi-Scheduled Large Solar Farms in QLD.
Here’s a snapshot from the 16:05 dispatch interval:
One more thing to add to the ‘minus’ column of the ‘plus and minus’ supply-demand balancing act that is the AEMO’s job every minute of every day…
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.
A bout of severe weather for many parts of south-eastern Australia brought challenging weather conditions which appear to have impacted variable renewable energy forecasts for the NEM. The case study delves into forecast differences on the 7th, 8th and 9th of September 2023.
With the Severe Weather persisting in Tasmania into Sunday 1st September 2024, reports suggest ~5% of the population without power due to many localized network outages.
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