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.
A chart showing the countdown to expected RTS for Callide C4, compared to the actual outage timeline.
A quick look at our forecast convergence widget, with the AEMO currently forecasting an LOR2 in SA tomorrow evening.
This morning the AEMO revoked its gas supply warning notice that was issued in mid-June.
After skimming through the last twenty editions of the ESOO over the past couple of days, Dan shares some thoughts about what has and hasn’t changed over the years.
A short examination of some of the over-arching factors at play yesterday evening – where prices spiked above $3,000/MWh in all five regions simultaneously.
Already this evening we’ve seen a rare occurrence of price spikes in all five NEM regions simultaneously.
The South Australian region is seeing a run of high prices, starting just after 6pm this evening.
In the second half of this two-part case study we look at a timeline of the Snowy 2.0 project, and discuss the history of mega-projects in the NEM.
A timeline of evolving expectations for the cost, benefits, and delivery dates for Project Energy Connect – following news of recent issues surrounding the project.
CleanCo have announced the RTS of Barron Gorge Unit 1 and 2 after a ~6 month outage following significant damage from Cyclone Jasper.
We just witnessed another eventful Q2, with at least four drivers contributing to significant price volatility. This is our annual review of Q2 prices, where we compare these outcomes against the long-term trend.
The ABC report that a notable weather record was broken in Tasmania this morning, and opens questions about future wind lulls and a changing climate.
A view of cumulative total wind production in Q2, highlighting a lack of spatial resource diversity, and the future challenges for gas and long-duration storage.
A glance at our generator outages widget shows a further three week delay to the expected RTS of Callide Unit C4.