Following from that day, we also took this snapshot of the ‘Unit Dashboard’ widget in ez2view focused on Eraring unit 4 at the time, and have used this in conversation with some new ez2view users to illustrate the impacts of ramp rates in truncating available capacity in the bid:
We determined it would be easier to post this here for our future reference.
This image comes from ez2view version 9.8.5.27 – which was the current version back around that time, but has since been superseded.
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.
It’s roughly 6 months since the decision was made to extend the life of Eraring Power Station. I’ve had a question for a while, but have only had time to look now – what does that mean, in terms of planned outages to 2027?
The framework we used to analyse the extent to which coal-fired power is “dependable” in the Generator Report Card, and the extent to which it’s been changing.
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