Snowtown 1 Wind Farm was one of the wind farms in SA that appeared to trip unexpectedly on Thursday evening 17th October 2024. We take a quick look.
Using 'next day public' data in ez2view, here's an initial replay of 7 dispatch intervals on Thursday evening 17th Oct 2024 in South Australia.
Second article for Thursday evening 17th October 2024, about unplanned network outages (in severe weather) in South Australia.
On Thursday evening 17th October 2024, a significant weather event in South Australia has damaged the high-voltage network in SA Far North (and power supply has been impacted).
ABC Broken Hill has reported that seven transmission towers collapsed south of the town overnight due to strong winds and hail.
To provide some more colour about what’s been happening on Thursday 17th October 2024, here’s a snapshot of NEM Mainland frequency at 15:07 (NEM time) looking back only 15 minutes.
A second article about some 'interesting' market events in South Australia on Thursday 17th October 2024.
The spot price has been bouncing around in South Australia this morning (Thu 17th Oct). Here's a short record.
A quick look at a small drop in frequency seen on Wednesday 16th October 2024.
A summary of the key challenges facing standalone solar and wind farms over the past several years, along with discussion and thoughts about whether new rules surrounding hybrids systems will address these.
On Thursday 10th October 2024, we published ‘What happened with System Load in VIC on Friday 27th and Saturday 28th September 2024?’ and, in doing so, listed some times when rooftop PV was disconnected...
At 12:53 on Saturday 12th Oct 2024 AEMO published MN118817 cancelling the MSL1 warning for Victoria.
At 06:19 this morning (Saturday 12th October 2024) the AEMO published Market Notice 118803 re-instating the warning for forecast Minimum System Load (at MSL1) in Victoria.
To further understand the frequency drop we delve into the 4-second data (used for regulation FCAS contribution calculations) in this Part 2, looking at generating units (including BDUs).
A short note, recording MN118771 about testing for PEC stage 1.
A quick record of the trip of Loy Yang A1 unit just prior to 08:40 (NEM time) this morning … Friday 11th October 2024:
With AEMO forecasting possible 'Minimum System Load' in Victoria for the coming weekend, we take a look back at (our understanding of) some of what happened on Saturday 27th Sept and Sunday 28th Sept...
A short article referencing MN118749, which was published at 15:05 on Thursday 10th October 2024.
At 14:58 today (Wednesday 9th October 2024) the AEMO issued Market Notice 118721 cancelling the MSL1 warning for Sunday 13th October 2024.
A short note about Market Notice 118672, as that will be of interest to many of our readers.