Mid-July update on repairs on Callide C3 and C4 cooling tower
A quick note on WattClarity to tie in an update (earlier this month) from CS Energy on the rebuild of the cooling tower for Callide C3 and C4.
Articles by Paul McArdle
Paul was one of the founders of Global-Roam in February 2000. He is currently the CEO of the company and the principal author of WattClarity. Writing for WattClarity has become a natural extension of his work in understanding the electricity market, enabling him to lead the team in developing better software for clients.
Before co-founding the company, Paul worked as a Mechanical Engineer for the Queensland Electricity Commission in the early 1990s. He also gained international experience in Japan, the United States, Canada, the UK, and Argentina as part of his ES Cornwall Memorial Scholarship.
Operations of coal-fired generators (Vales Point, and Eraring?) extended in NSW
Friday 14th July 2023 sees some media articles and commentary about several coal-fired generators running longer than previously thought, as the energy transition hits some speed bumps.
Peak production from Wind Farms across the NEM blasts past prior all-time record Friday evening 7th July 2023
A quick look at the new all-time record for wind production, NEMwide, on Friday evening 7th July 2023
Will we see new ‘All-Time-Max’ wind across the NEM on Saturday morning 8th July 2023?
Looks like we're ramping up to a new all-time maximum for NEM-wide wind production ... perhaps?
Mid-afternoon prices elevated with modest wind and modest solar
A quick look at elevated prices mid afternoon on Monday 3rd July 2023.
Increasing curtailment of Wind and Solar across the NEM
With Q2 drawing to a close, we're gearing up to produce GenInsights Quarterly Update for this quarter. Timely to look back at Q1 at what was reported about curtailment of wind and solar in...
AEMO (oscillating in) forecasting LOR2 in South Australia on Tuesday 27th June 2023
AEMO is currently forecasting LOR2 for South Australia next week.
Prices up in the mid-afternoon on Thursday 22nd June 2023 (a rare instance – with solar generation lower)
A quick article recording what's an increasingly rare occurrence ... high prices in mid-afternoon.
Evening volatility in QLD and NSW on Wed 21st June 2023
A quick report on some market volatility in QLD and NSW on Wednesday 21st June 2023.
A cold evening drives NEM-wide demand high, and IRPM low, on Tuesday 20th June 2023
The 'Australian Energy Week' conference this week in Melbourne, and the NEM this evening has given a real-time example of some energy transition challenges.
What happened to the ‘N::N_DTKV_2’ constraint equation leading to whiplash on VIC1-NSW1 interconnector on Sunday 18th June 2023
A second short article (this one with the benefit of 'next day public' data) looking at the whiplash on VIC1-NSW1 on Sunday 18th June 2023.
Industrial Action at Longford
On Monday 19th June the AEMO published a Market Notice relating to Industrial Action at Longford.
Whiplash on VIC1-NSW1
A quick article recording the large reversal in Target Flow on VIC1-NSW1 interconnector ... something we are seeing increasingly frequently.
Transmission outage of the Dapto -to- Kangaroo Valley transmission link in southern NSW (line 18) … and spot volatility
For several reasons we take a look at a transmission outage in southern NSW that contributed to some volatility seen in QLD and NSW in the second half of May ... and might also...
Spot price volatility in QLD and NSW on Monday 12th June 2023
A quick look at some evening volatility in QLD and NSW on Monday 12th June 2023.
Four coal unit outages in the past 24 hours
It does not happen often, so when receiving 4 different 'coal unit off' alerts within 24 hours, we thought we would take a look ...
Record for NEM-wide wind production nudged slightly higher on Thu 8th June 2023
Looks like we hit a new record for NEM-wide wind production on Thursday evening 8th June 2023 ... slightly increasing on the prior record from 10 months ago.
Another research paper into solar and wind droughts in Australia
A quick note at another research paper (focused on an area of interest to us) that's crossed our field of vision.
Reader question about current (planned) outage at Millmerran unit 2
Answering a reader question (about the current outage at Millmerran unit 2) with some pictures in an article on WattClarity.
AER writes ‘Stanwell fined for allegedly putting power system security and stability at risk’ … re May 2021 Callide Explosion
Also today, we saw an AER notice about fines paid by Stanwell Corporation related to what happened after Callide C4 exploded on 25th May 2021