High prices eventuate slightly earlier than was earlier predicted, coinciding with the ‘N-CTMN_4_WG_CLOSE’ constraint set starting invocation today.
After returning from COP29 in Baku, Dan shares his thoughts about energy transition challenges in international electricity markets, and how they intersect with what we’re seeing in the NEM.
An early look at two demand-side factors worth examining regarding the tight situation in NSW yesterday.
A quick look at our generator outages widget from ez2view, to see which units are still offline as of 3:30pm on Wednesday 27th November 2024.
The AEMO have published a third press release regarding low electricity reserves in NSW this afternoon – this time stating that the NSW Government is working to reduce electricity consumption within their agencies.
The Waratah BESS has receieved a direction to maintain a state of charge of 96MWh, not long after Wallgrove BESS received a similar instruction.
A short post to note that an actual LOR1 condition has eventuated in NSW, as per market notice 121089.
Market notice 121067 indicates that the AEMO has directed Iberdrola’s Wallgrove BESS to maintain 59MWh of energy storage.
A forecast LOR3 for this afternoon reappeared in the P30 forecasts for four hours this morning, as demand forecasts for the region jumped by approximately 200MW.
Market notice 121038 has appeared this morning, showing that the AEMO intends to commence RERT negotiations in NSW this afternoon.
The AEMO responds to media coverage warning of blackouts in NSW on Wednesday afternoon.
Chris Bowen this morning announced a new four-person independent panel, who will be given roughly 12 months to review and provide reform recommendations on “wholesale market settings”.
A quick look at market notices and our forecast convergence widget in ez2view, to check in with projected tight market conditions this coming Thursday in NSW and QLD.
A map of where the eight separate transmission tower incidents have occurred over the past five years.
ElectraNet are reporting that at least twenty-three transmission towers and six 132kV stobie poles fell down or were damaged during last night’s wild weather.
Several media outlets are reporting that Olympic Dam in South Australia has lost power, which may cause headaches for system operators with demand in South Australia forecast to go negative this weekend.
Given recent events, we’re asking a rhetorical question about how many temporary transmission towers there are currently in Australia?
ABC Broken Hill has reported that seven transmission towers collapsed south of the town overnight due to strong winds and hail.
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.
Several isolated price spikes have occurred in SA late this afternoon.