A quick initial review of bids, for Monday 16th December 2024
Monday 16th December 2024 was an interesting day in the NEM for a number of reasons. So we’ll use the ‘Bids & Offers’ widget in ez2view to do...
‘Bids & Offers’ widget
There are several widgets in the ez2view software that can help users analyse and interpret bid data … including (but not limited to) these two:
1 More frequently on WattClarity we’ve utilised the ‘Bids & Offers’ widget – with articles tagged for this widget listed below.
2 But there is also a ‘Bid Explorer’ widget .
Looking ahead (prior to 9am), to Monday evening 16th December 2024
Last Friday afternoon 13th December 2024 we wrote that ‘NEM-wide demand on Monday 16th December forecast to be highest in almost 4 years’. So I thought this morning...
The effect of the ‘S_PPT+SNPT+BLVR_220’ Constraint Equation on Monday 23rd September 2024 (Part 4 of a Case Study)
In Part 4 of this Case Study (with respect to spot price volatility in South Australia on Monday 23rd September 2024) we take a detailed look at the...
A (very!) quick look at bidding behaviour (NEM-wide) over recent days
Curiosity drove us to take this initial (and very quick) look at bidding behaviour, NEM-wide, across the past 14 days in relation to recent NEM-wide price volatility.
An initial pass over ENERGY bids during price volatility of 30th July 2024 (focused on South Australia)
Five key takeaways arise from an initial inspection of energy bids on the 30th July 2024, where extended periods of high energy prices eventuated.
Vales Point 6 unit back online earlier than expected … Tuesday morning 21st May 2024
On Tuesday morning 21st May 2024 the Vales Point 6 unit has returned to service, ~2 days earlier than earlier expectations.
Delving deeper, into coal generator performance in NSW on Tue 7th May and Wed 8th May
Looking back 4 days (including Wed 8th May 2024) at NSW coal-fired generator bidding.
Eraring unit 3 coming back online (Thursday evening 9th May 2024), following boiler tube leak
It's Thursday evening 9th may 2024 and (almost exactly a week since it came offline) Eraring Unit 3 has commenced return-to-service after repairing a boiler tube leak.
A first quick look at bids for NSW participants, including Wednesday 8th May 2024
With questions mounting up (internally and externally) about Wed 8th May 2024 in NSW, we take a quick first look at bids - using the ez2view 'Bids &...
Supply-side responses following the trip of two Eraring units on Wednesday 3 April 2024
An inspection of bids and dispatch outcomes indicates some units helped compensate for the loss of supply with the trip of ER01 and ER02.
The fire at Torrens Island switchyard (Wed 27th March 2024) curtailed the Torrens Battery
With 'next day public' bid data, we see the impact the switchyard fire had on Torrens Island BESS on Wed 27th March 2024.
A quick first pass through ENERGY bids (for Victorian units) on Tuesday 13th Feb 2024
Five days after Tuesday 13th February 2024 we have a bit of time to take this initial (top-down) look at bidding for ENERGY in the Victorian region on...
Inverter fire at EPIC Energy’s Mannum 2 Solar Farm
An article from RenewEconomy alerts me to yesterday's fire at the (in commissioning) Mannum Solar Farm 2 in South Australia. We take a quick initial look.
What’s been happening at Stanwell unit 1 since September 2023? (Part 1)
Today we take a look back at the operation of Stanwell unit 1 over the past 3 years ... but particularly since its return from a Major Outage...
An initial exploration of QLD’s spike at 14:30 on Thursday 21st December 2023
An initial look at the 'out of the blue' price spike in QLD at 14:30 on Thursday 21st December 2023.
Bouldercombe BESS charges for 2 hours at 5MW on Friday 3rd November 2023
As the next step in recovering from a fire onsite during commissioning, Genex Power has released an ASX Announcement and the battery charged briefly on Friday 3rd Nov...
An updated look at Kogan Creek performance in the past 60 days (re industrial action, bushfires, ambient temp, ez2view enhancements, and more)
With ez2view v9.8.5.1 released yesterday (Tue 30th Sept 2023) with enhancements to 'Generator Outages' we take the opportunity of some questions about Kogan Creek Power Station to have...
Very fast raise service to be expanded
The requirement for the very fast raise contingency service is set to increase to 100 MW. We review availability and bids to consider the impact.
Very Fast FCAS – a week in review
The new 1-second FCAS markets have been operational since the 9th October. We take a look to find out how it has fared.
Industrial Action at Kogan Creek Power station part 3 – appears unrelated to Tuesday’s trip, and then lower load into Wednesday
Yesterday (Tue 26th Sept 2023) we saw Kogan Creek drop offline for a few hours - and were asked if this was related to industrial action. Here, with...