For reasons explained herein, we're unable to set aside the time required to run a competition on the "best peak demand forecaster in the NEM" for summer 2017-18.
A quick look back at the AEMC's Final Determination on Five Minute Settlement.
Some quick thoughts (before I run out of time) about why it's all-too-commonly (but mistakenly) stated that there's not much Demand Response in the NEM
A quick note about the need to avoid focusing on average emissions intensity (for the wrong reasons) and losing sight of the fact that it's the emissions intensity of the next marginal unit of...
It's Saturday 25th November 2017 and what is currently known as "the worlds biggest battery" has kicked into gear - charging for a couple hours this morning.
Some quick calculations performed today to help me try to understand what the future might hold, in terms of battery storage (given I've been asked to talk batteries today at the National Consumer Roundtable...
Following on from my earlier post about my own experiences as a small power generator (with solar PV at home), I've taken a broader look at solar PV production NEM-wide, including over the corresponding...
There's already been a large uptake of distributed energy generation data, and there promises to be much more to come in this energy transition. With this comes some significant challenges - along with opportunities...
Flagging the ongoing challenge of not extrapolating from recent performance to infer that "things" will always be that way.
The two emergency generators provide first power to the South Australian grid.
My sense is that we, the voting public, are Villains #2 in running the energy transition train off the tracks.
First up in our listing of Villains in relation to the unfolding energy crisis are, of course, our political leaders - State and Federal, past, present and prospective.
A multi-layered energy crisis is upon us. I've identified 10 "root causes" (or "villains") that have each played key roles in the way in which our energy transition has run off the rails.
Quick look at how Gullen Range solar has gone, since it started on 14th September.
Reading an article in the Courier Mail on Saturday I was struck by the use of two particularly odd examples to support a case for retention of government ownership of electricity generation.
Here's a chronological record of key aspects of government involvement in the generation sector within Queensland.
Some quick thoughts about the comparison being made by others between two ageing coal-fired power stations (Liddell power station in NSW and the Muja A&B stations in the SWIS of WA)
Our first look at trended LGC production (aggregated by state/territory) and LGC spot prices (monthly average), now possible in NEMreview v7, generates a number of questions...
It was inevitable that Semi-Scheduled plant would start to experience times when they are dispatched down. It's a big prompt to take next steps up the learning curve.
One of the challenges in analysis is to even be conscious of the need to ascertain "what might have otherwise been".