A short record, with this snapshot from NEMwatch at 07:30 on Monday 15th April 2024, of some elevated prices in VIC and SA with very low wind production in SA (<50MW) and VIC (<100MW) and with autumn solar harvest not yet ramped up:
This is the one of the various types of events that might be referenced later in GenInsights Quarterly Update for 2024 Q2 (when we start compiling that in about 3 months time).
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As the sun sets on Thursday 23rd May 2024 (the day of the announcement of the extension to the Eraring service life) we see aggregate wind yield dropping below 500MW.
Over the week that has just passed we kept noticing production from wind farms across the NEM was fairly muted – so we’ve had a look at what it meant, in aggregate daily capacity factors. This is something we’re exploring much deeper in Generator Insights 2021…
Coincidentally today, David Osmond has posted about ‘another challenging week’ for VRE NEM-wide (a week beginning Wed 8th May 2024 – the day NSW hit the Cumulative Price Threshold).
1 Commenton "Low wind production on Monday morning 15th April 2024"
SA the wind -eading state, burning diesel, not the first time lately.
Its all over Red Rover, check out Germany and GB to see our future, importing power and deindustrializing hand over fist.
So are we, although does anyone dare to keep a count of the energy-intensive firms that have folded?
And we can’t import from anyone, not until the Sun Cable is operating.