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.
2 Commentson "Moorabool Wind Farm in the 4-second data on Tuesday 13th February 2024"
The reasons for this are very clear in the market data – the output drops were Moorabool WF being constrained off by transmission limitations around Moorabool / Geelong, which preceded the 500 kV line trips (and worsened thereafter). The availability of the plant remained high until about 3pm, but in any case it was mostly constrained off from 12:40 NEM time onwards
Perhaps the Moorabool Wind Farm (and the Berrybank WFs) tripped on excessive wind speed at its location. This wind storm subsequently hit the 500kV towers causing their demise.
The reasons for this are very clear in the market data – the output drops were Moorabool WF being constrained off by transmission limitations around Moorabool / Geelong, which preceded the 500 kV line trips (and worsened thereafter). The availability of the plant remained high until about 3pm, but in any case it was mostly constrained off from 12:40 NEM time onwards
Perhaps the Moorabool Wind Farm (and the Berrybank WFs) tripped on excessive wind speed at its location. This wind storm subsequently hit the 500kV towers causing their demise.