Browsing through various units and thought I’d post this trend from the 4-second data for both Berrybank Wind Farm 1 and Berrybank Wind Farm 2 in Victoria on Tuesday 13th February 2024 in the 4-second data:
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Third article in a series, following the turbine failure at one of the Berrybank Wind Farms (was it Berrybank 2?) … to note that Berrybank 1 has restarted on Friday 7th February 2025.
A first article from me after starting to delve into a 14-hour time series of AEMO’s 4-second data for Tuesday 13th February 2024 (this one a trend of frequency to highlight points of interest).
Taking a guess at frequency need to earn a positive causer-pays factor through self-forecast biasing appears at-best uncertain in the intervals we review.
Understanding the FCAS response by all generators when a unit trips in the NEM. A detailed look at the Loy Yang A unit trip in December 2017 and the contribution of the Hornsdale Power Reserve.
1 Commenton "Berrybank Wind Farms 1&2 in the 4-second data on Tuesday 13th February 2024"
From the market data, Berrybank 2’s ups and downs are clearly constraint driven (like Moorabool WF), although it was persistently below target output (by up to 10-15%) between 11:00 and 13:00.
On the other hand Berrybank 1’s availability dropped to low levels then to zero in the half hour following the main event and stayed there for all but a couple of DIs until about 20:00 when it recovered.
From the market data, Berrybank 2’s ups and downs are clearly constraint driven (like Moorabool WF), although it was persistently below target output (by up to 10-15%) between 11:00 and 13:00.
On the other hand Berrybank 1’s availability dropped to low levels then to zero in the half hour following the main event and stayed there for all but a couple of DIs until about 20:00 when it recovered.