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.
Rounding out the working week, there's *currently* no forecast for curtailment of rooftop PV in SA on Friday 18th Nov (but clarifying it did happen on Monday 14th Nov 2022).
In GenInsights Quarterly Update for Q3 2022 we included an Appendix exploring what we could observe 'One Year on from Five Minute Settlement'. In this article we share a small slice of what we...
With low wind production in South Australia on Thursday 17th November, limited import capability and curtailment of rooftop PV, the price has spiked on Thursday afternoon
Once again this week we see (today, Thursday 17th November 2022) the AEMO taking action to curtail rooftop PV in South Australia to keep the system stable whilst islanded.
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.
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 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.
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.