One of the side-effects of the transmission issues in South Australia and Tasmania is a (much) more complex dispatch process – with NEMDE file creation times slowing down as a result.
On Tuesday 15th November 2022 we see curtailment of distributed PV has been underway since this morning.
Fifth article for Monday 14th November 2022 … taking a quick initial look at the sequence of events immediately around the islanding in South Australia on Saturday 12th November 2022.
A run of volatility lasting several hours in Tasmania on Monday morning 14th November.
A detailed look at the ‘N::N_UTRV_2’ constraint equation (focusing specifically on the spike at 17:30 on Friday 28th October 2022), drawing heavily on the newly-released ‘Constraint Dashboard’ widget in ez2view.
6th article today, with some hints that AEMO and SA Power Networks are facing challenges in controlling the South Australian grid on Sunday 13th November 2022, after the islanding.
Electranet have posted a short update in the middle of the day, Sunday 13th November 2022.
A first look forward to the week ahead in South Australia, to what’s forecast in the market at a high level (using an ez2view trend widget).
Third article for Sunday 13th November 2022 – this one taking a quick look at some pricing activity in the ENERGY market overnight.
A short initial article to note that curtailment of distributed PV is underway in South Australia under processes previously established by the AEMO.
Second article in a growing series about the islanding of South Australia from Saturday 12th November 2022.
An initial article with the islanding of the South Australian region on Saturday evening, 12th November 2022.
Also today (Thursday 10th November 2022) the ESB has released a Directions Paper on Transmission Access Reform – including suggestions for both Investment Timeframe and Operational Timeframe.
A short article about Origin Energy’s announcement today.
Callide B2 has returned to service – perhaps a bit earlier than earlier projections noted.
One of the metrics we introduced into GenInsights Quarterly Update for 2022 Q3 was a long-range review of IRPM (Instantaneous Reserve Plant Margin). In this article we share a little of what we found.
On Sunday 6th November 2022 the NEMwide demand dropped below previous ‘lowest point’ records.
Following a client request on Friday 4th November, here’s a quick look at the low wind conditions occurring on that day.
Prompted by a few media questions (on a day when all 4 units were offline together for about 3 hours), have taken a quick look at the status of the four units on the Callide Power Station site.
The Griffith University (by Joel Gilmore, Tim Nelson and Tahlia Nolan) study mentioned in earlier RenewEconomy article is now accessible on the Griffith University website here.