Third article already on Friday morning 27th Sept 2024, looking forwards to a forecast 'Minimum System Load' event in Victoria in parallel with the AFL Grand Final tomorrow (Sat 28th Sept 2024).
With forecasts for low demand tomorrow (Sat 28th Sept 2024) in VIC during the middle of the day, we take a quick look at how forecasts compare to prior low points.
A quick update (early Friday 27th September 2024) looking at AEMO's successive forecasts for 'Market Demand' in Victoria for Saturday 28th September 2024 (timed for just prior to center bounce for AFL GF, and...
Two days in a row, the AEMO has issued its first and second alerts (via Market Notice) about forecast Minimum System Load events for Victoria. This second alert for Friday 27th September 2024.
The AEMO has issued its (second* ever) 'Minimum System Load' alert, via Market Notice 118421, with respect to Victoria for this Saturday 28th September 2024.
On Monday evening 23rd September 2024 we saw a sustained period of price volatility in South Australia.
With new 'lowest' points for demand in NSW reached over the weekend, today we take a quick look back at curtailment across Large Solar Farms right across the NEM.
On Sunday 22nd September 2024 the minimum demand point for 'Market Demand' in NSW dropped lower still.
The 'Minimum Demand' point in NSW is dropping further still, on Saturday 21st September 2024.
Two weeks after our last look at the Return To Service progress at Callide C4, here's a quick update as at Friday 20th September 2024.
An early look (via some ez2view widgets) at early output, during commissioning, at Golden Plains Wind Farm East.
A short article following trip of the Gordon - Chapel St No1 and No 2 220 kV lines at 13:40 on Thursday 19th September 2024.
A case study, drawing heavily on various widgets in ez2view, looking at some large (and unexpected) oscillations in output at Darlington Point Solar Farm through a ~2 hour period on Thursday 29th August 2024.
A short-and-sweet (and back-dated) article to provide an overview of broad market outcomes on Monday 16th September 2024.
Also released on Friday 13th Sept 2024 was this ‘Independent Review of Transmission and Distribution Businesses Operational Response for the 13th February 2024 Storm and Power Outage Event’.
Eight days after the event occurred, on Friday 13th September 2024 the AEMO published this ‘Preliminary Report: NEM Market Suspension on (Thursday) 5 September 2024’.
On Sunday 8th September 2024 the Herald Sun published an article speculating about possible Service Life extension to Yallourn Power Station.
Some news articles this morning, following a media tour of Eraring Power Station, prompted a piece of quick analysis (focused on ER01) of MinGen levels.
With the CEC's Australian Wind Industry Summit 2024 kicks off tomorrow In Melbourne (Monday 9th September 2024). So I have updated the monthly statistics for wind production across the NEM.
A short update (on Friday 6th September 2024) about Callide C4, which has come off for a planned outage as part of its (re)commissioning process.