Another spike occurred this afternoon at 16:15 (to $1,003.94/MWh). With low wind conditions persisting and imports from VIC significantly constraints because of the outage reflected in the ‘I-VS_050’ constraint set through until Saturday evening (but then back on 10th May), will prices bounce again as soon as the sun’s gone?
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 starting list of a number of factors that combined to deliver sustained higher wholesale electricity prices in the Queensland region across the weekend of Saturday 12th January and Sunday 13th January 2013.
It was an article in the AFR, on the 6th of February 2024, that drew our attention back to generator closures. Engie have announced the early closure of Snuggery and Port Lincoln Power Stations.
In our third guest authored post this week, Blake Ashton from SA Power Networks talks about the SA islanding event that occurred just over twelve months ago – how SAPN managed solar curtailment, and how their new ‘flexible exports’ option can address future challenges.
1 Commenton "A spike at 16:15 hints at volatility to resume in SA with the sun setting, on Thursday 4th May 2023"
Why did small-scale solar drop off vertically at around 1600 hours but not large-scale solar??