VIC Inertia drops low, but combined VIC+SA level stays clear
Inertia levels, measured in megawatt-seconds (MWs), dropped towards the targeted secure operating level and the minimum threshold level on 12 November, 2024.
ancillary services
Measurement timeframes for Raise Contingency FCAS … from the MASS Version 8
Because we’ll be referring back to it in future, we’ve lifted out Figure 8 from the MASS version 8 (p36/39) and included it here in this belated (and back-dated) article
My recent presentation: “Power system control or market control of a power system”
Guest presenter, Kate Summers, spoke at UoM Climate and Energy College on 15th August 2018, with the presentation recorded. Kate shares this today with WattClarity readers.
Let’s talk about FCAS
Ancillary Services Matter! No longer just realm of electrical engineer or energy trading boffins, ancillary services (and particularly Frequency Control Ancillary Services or FCAS which will concentrate on today) have become front and centre in so many ways that barely a day goes by without market observers referring to grid stability, inertia or frequency management.
Here’s one I can’t recall seeing before
My curiosity was piqued today when I saw the AEMO had lobbed in a Market Notice titled “Zero Regulation Dispatched”.