An article today referencing the VEPC paper 'No longer lost in transmission' (about extended VNI-West, and the authors proposed alternative 'Plan B') and the AEMO's initial response.
Third article for Tuesday 1st August 2023 - recording some evening volatility across the 4 x mainland regions.
2 x AEMO Market Notices this afternoon prompt this article about four upcoming Market Enhancements ... with the first to planned to commence from next Monday 7th August 2023
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.
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.
A quick look at the new all-time record for wind production, NEMwide, on Friday evening 7th July 2023
Looks like we're ramping up to a new all-time maximum for NEM-wide wind production ... perhaps?
A quick look at elevated prices mid afternoon on Monday 3rd July 2023.
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 is currently forecasting LOR2 for South Australia next week.
A quick article recording what's an increasingly rare occurrence ... high prices in mid-afternoon.
A quick report on some market volatility in QLD and NSW on Wednesday 21st 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.
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.
On Monday 19th June the AEMO published a Market Notice relating to Industrial Action at Longford.
A quick article recording the large reversal in Target Flow on VIC1-NSW1 interconnector ... something we are seeing increasingly frequently.
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...
A quick look at some evening volatility in QLD and NSW on Monday 12th June 2023.
It does not happen often, so when receiving 4 different 'coal unit off' alerts within 24 hours, we thought we would take a look ...
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.